I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.

在任何科学事业中取得成功都需要非凡的能力、勤奋和精力。

I'm not a prisoner, I'm a free spirit.

You can't be creative if you're not curious.

"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

你必须相信你的想法，并愿意在众多挑战中坚持下去。