I want to liberate America from fear. I want people to feel free to express themselves.

译文：有才能而没有权势，即使是贤人也不能制服不肖之徒。所以把一尺长的木材树立在高山之上，就能俯瞰万丈深渊，这并不是木材长，而是因为它所处的位置高。

I don't follow trends, I set them.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

心灵进化以满足实际需求。

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

我认为小说家的任务是让熟悉的事物变得陌生，让陌生的事物变得熟悉。