I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.

建筑是一种象征，建造行为也是。建筑是人类创造的最沉重、最永久的事物之一，它们是通过巨大的努力和牺牲而建成的。

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

The true measure of success is leaving the industry better than we found it.

"Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation."

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

法律不仅仅是主权者的任意命令，而是人民共同意识的表达。

"The future of AI lies in making machines that can understand and reason about the world."

一切能被说出的都能够清楚地被说出，而我们不能谈论的，必须保持沉默。