States are rational actors, and they will always act in their own self-interest.

I don't want to be a role model. I want to be a source of inspiration.

I have often been asked how my plays come about. I cannot say. Nor can I ever explain to myself what they mean.

只要是利益他人的事情，就要坚持做下去；只要是不利于别人的事情，就要马上停止不做。

如果你懂得倾听，死者也会开口。

意识是一个连续的流动，而非一系列离散的元素。

The land doesn’t belong to us—we borrow it from future generations.

"The past is not a static pageant, it moves with us, changing as we change."