真正的作家永远是一个流亡者，即使在自己的国家也是如此。

"The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create."

"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."

如果你借了什么东西，试着在归还的时候把它变得比你借到时的状态更好。清洁它、打磨它、填充它。

A true leader must be able to listen to the voices of the people.

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.