Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time.

I don’t need a reason to be confident.

I don't like defining myself. I just am.

The self is not so much a substance as a process, and it is the continual task of education to change the process, to develop its activities, and to guide it into channels of efficiency.

A society that does not value its intellectuals is doomed to fail.

A good director is like a good conductor; he doesn't make a sound, but he makes the orchestra sound great.

我写作是为了理解这个世界，给它一个形状，一个形式。

凡是有才能的人总会受到外在世界的压迫。