The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

You have to be willing to fail, to be wrong, to start over again with lessons learned.

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.

幸福存在于小事中。

The act of painting is an act of surrender.

我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家最初都想写诗，发现自己做不到后尝试短篇小说——那是仅次于诗歌要求最高的形式。连这个也失败了，他才会转向长篇小说。