对认可的渴望，灵魂中的激情部分，是人性中最具政治性的部分。

写作是一种自由的形式。

建筑必须是对生命的庆祝。

贫家如果要仿效富家的穿衣吃饭及庞大的花费，那就一定会很快招致灭亡。 

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

生活是一系列的选择，而你没有做出的选择和你做出的选择一样重要。