"The act of writing is an act of rebellion against the ephemeral nature of existence."

文明不是绝对的，而是相对的……我们的思想和观念只有在我们的文明范围内才是真实的。

I'm not going to change who I am just because people want me to be something else.

"I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else."

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

We have a responsibility, every one of us. We may think we live a long way from the oceans, but we don't. What we actually do here, has a direct effect on the oceans—and what the oceans do then reflects back on us.