Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That’s what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.

Literature is the only way to run away without leaving home.

You can have anything you want if you want it enough.

能源安全是国家安全的基石，我们要全力保障国家能源供应安全。

Architecture must resist the purely functional; it must transcend mere utility.

I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.