I don't write to be loved, I write to be understood.

Character is not something that you are born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

The art of computer architecture is to balance cost, performance, and power.

敢于在古人成就面前一争高低，这是有志气；在今人的成绩面前不虚心，这是没有气量。

一个好故事的力量在于它能将你带到另一个地方，另一个时间，让你感觉自己是一个更大事物的一部分。

Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

文学是一种通过说谎来讲述真相的艺术。

Literature is the art of saying what cannot be said.

The existence of the natural world is the same kind of fact as the existence of any proposition.