我总是试图在每个角色中找到人性，无论他们有多么不完美。

Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

Quality should never be compromised—every pill we produce represents a patient’s hope.

挑战在于创造既实用又富有诗意的建筑。

Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.

城市的穷人就像树的根：看不见，但对生存至关重要。

最好的解决方案往往来自那些与动物最亲近的人。

写作是一种勇气的行为，一种面对世界和我们在其中位置的方式。