We must balance short-term demands with long-term sustainability.

建筑是将自然转化为文化的人类行为。

一本优秀的传记是过去与现在之间的桥梁。

成功不在于名声或奖项，而在于通过音乐触动人们的生活。

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.