What I think I've been talking about really is success and failure. And one of the interesting things about success is that we think we know what it means. If I said that there's somebody behind the screen who's very successful, certain ideas would immediately come to mind. You'd think that person might have made a lot of money, achieved renown in some field. My own theory of success -- I'm somebody who's very interested in success, I really want to be successful, always thinking, how can I be more successful? But as I get older, I'm also very nuanced about what that word "success" might mean.

小说是唯一能够完全呈现人类复杂性的艺术形式。

I don't let anyone take away my power.

The competition of enterprises is, in the final analysis, the competition of talents.

A good mathematician is always ready to generalize.

死者一直在倾听。死者一直在注视。