世儒不察，以工商为末，妄议抑之。
世俗的儒者不考察，认为工商是末业，妄加议论抑制。
我不敢说数学和疯狂之间有直接关系，但毫无疑问，伟大的数学家都具有狂热的特质。
书是你握在手中的一个梦。
The textile industry must embrace sustainability, or it will become obsolete.
最成功的公司是那些坚持自己价值观的公司。
The thing you’re most afraid to write, that’s what you should write.
I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.
城市是一个活生生的有机体，不断进化。
The universe is not queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.