Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

So I guess both Susan Boyle and this vegetable vendor in Shanghai belonged to otherness. They were the least expected to be successful in the business called entertainment, yet their courage and talent brought them through. And a show and a platform gave them the stage to realize their dreams.

A great novel is one that changes the reader, that leaves him different after the last page.

表演不是要成为不同的人。它是在明显不同的事物中找到相似之处，然后在那里找到自己。

我不害怕死亡，因为我的艺术将永存。