It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.
今日你变得像比尔-盖茨一样，有钱又出名的机会，大概就跟你在十七世纪，成为法国贵族一样困难。但重点是，感觉却差别很大。今日的杂志和其它媒体让我们感觉，只要你有冲劲、对科技有一些新颖的想法，再加上一个车库，你就可以踏上比尔的道路。
Writing is a way of speaking without being interrupted.
We are all haunted by the ghosts of our own making.
The best investment is one that you can hold for a long time.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
保持开放心态的麻烦在于，人们总会坚持过来试图往里面塞东西。
文明的冲突将主宰全球政治。文明之间的断层将成为未来的战线。
身份不是一个固定的点，而是一个持续的旅程，艺术就是它的地图。