The duty of literature is to disturb, to question, to undermine certainties.

Leadership is not about giving orders, but about inspiring others to achieve greatness.

"The best stories are the ones that make you feel something."

I want the reader to feel something is astonishing—not the 'what happens' but the way everything happens.

翻译：鼓励人们坚持不懈地努力，最终会取得成功。

To curate is to create a temporary community.

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal.

哲学的真正意义在于其超越给定、探索可能的能力。