The poet is the only one for whom the world is not silent; he is the only one who can hear the music of the spheres.

最终，计算机科学的目标不仅仅是构建更快的机器，而是加深我们对宇宙的理解。

"The novel is the great democratic art form. It's the one place where you can be anyone, do anything, and say anything."

Writing is a way of preserving memory.