I said, 'I will build you this incredible, gorgeous, gleaming hotel. I will put people to work in the construction trades and save hotel jobs and the Grand Central area will come around.' So the city made the deal.

To be a writer is to have a certain kind of sensitivity to the world, to be able to see what others do not see, to hear what others do not hear.

道赋予人形貌，天赋予人形体，不要以好恶伤害自己的身心。

Every failure is a stepping stone to success; embrace it and grow.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.