"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."

在野外，你必须相信你的直觉。它们是你最好的向导。

遗传的影响如此强大，以至于杰出人物的子女往往自己也杰出。

I’m just a normal person who happens to sing.

The microbe is nothing; the terrain is everything.