我从不试图取悦观众，我只做我认为对的事情。

A novel is a long piece of prose with something wrong with it.

We are all on the grid, and the grid is everywhere.

"You have to work hard to get to the top, but you have to work even harder to stay there."

In the state of nature, profit is the measure of right.

作家的任务不是评判，而是理解。

The ethical implications of gene editing must be carefully considered as we advance.