择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。
译文：选择对方好的方面去学习并采纳，对方不好的方面就要对照自己要改正。赏析：每个人都有优点和缺点，别人的优点，我们要学习，别人的缺点，我们要反思。人只有在不断地学习和反思中成熟。
I'm a woman and I'm a Latina, and those are two stubborn combinations.
We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.
一个好故事就像一面镜子，它反映出听者的灵魂。
我一直觉得奇怪……我们钦佩的那些品质，如善良、慷慨、开放、诚实、理解和同情，在我们的体系中往往是失败的伴随物。而我们厌恶的那些特质，如精明、贪婪、占有欲、卑鄙、自负和自私，却是成功的特质。虽然人们钦佩前者的品质，但他们却喜欢后者的产物。
真相并不总是美丽，美丽的言辞也不一定是真相。
我扮演的每一个角色，我都试图在其中找到自己的一部分。
A writer must be a witness to their time.