作家不是在真空中造就的。作家是见证者。我们需要作家的原因是因为我们需要见证这个可怕的世纪。

Life is short. Stunt hard.

To keep young kids behaving on a car road trip， have a bag of their favorite candy and throw a piece out the window each time they misbehave.

艺术是社会的一面镜子，但它也可以是一把塑造社会的锤子。

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

从长远来看，不冒险的风险可能是最大的风险。

化学的乐趣在于实践，而不仅仅是发现。

Believe you can and you're halfway there.