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.

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

I've learned that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.

Un libro es siempre una puerta abierta a otro mundo.

The story is not in the plot; the plot is what happens, the story is what it means.

The best architecture is the one that disappears, that becomes part of the landscape.