I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

历史学家的任务是理解过去，而小说家的任务是让它活过来。

I'm not a person who lives in the past. I'm always looking forward.

Success is measured not by profits alone, but by the positive impact we leave behind.