I'm not a victim, I'm a survivor.

文学是在平凡中发现非凡的艺术。

我正充实地生活着，不会浪费任何时间。

I think music is the best way to bring people together.

The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

You’ve got to have models in your head. And you’ve got to array your experience—both vicarious and direct—on this latticework of models. You may have noticed students who just try to remember and pound back what is remembered. Well, they fail in school and in life. You’ve got to hang experience on a latticework of models in your mind.

Surround yourself with people who challenge you, not just agree with you.