Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

The best way to prevent financial crises is to have strong capital buffers in good times.

最好的故事是那些让你感觉不那么孤单的故事。

To write is to give voice to the voiceless.

I'm not a role model, I'm just a human being.

A man lies the most when he lies to himself.

戏剧是虚构的——而虚构是将事实提炼成真理。

Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper.

The key to great acting is not to pretend, but to become.