I am not a political person by nature. I don't think that writers are, or should be, political figures.

The beauty of architecture lies in its ability to respond to the needs of people and place.

我相信个人改变社会的力量。

People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, 'Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.' I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.

解释：身居高位的人容易骄纵自满，处于安乐生活中的人容易奢侈。

The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."