Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.

The only thing that stands between a person and what they want in life is the will to try it and the faith to believe it’s possible.

作家的功能不是解决问题，而是正确地陈述问题。

The future belongs to those who dare to dream and have the courage to pursue those dreams.

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.

"The artist's duty is to reveal the invisible through the visible."

The ability to observe and control electron motion in real-time opens up new frontiers in understanding the fundamental processes of nature.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.