I have often been asked how my plays come about. I cannot say. Nor can I ever sum them up. I can only say that this is what happened. That is what they said. That is what they did.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

尽力而不能达到的，圣人不会苛责于人。应当尽心而未尽心，圣人不会推御责任。

十分的聪明只用七分就可以了，剩下三分留给子孙；如果要将十分聪明全都使出来，反而会适得其反，近的害了自己，远的害了儿孙。

Art is not about answers, it's about questions.

译文：读书不一定都有好处，读书不会选择就会贻误终身。赏析：我们要选择好书去读，那些三观不正的书会让带偏人的思想。