The real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.

"Every story is a lie that tells the truth."

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

"A good picture book is a silent conversation between the artist and the child."

Singing is not only about skill, but also about communication of the soul.

Business has to be fun. For too many people, it's "just a job."

The best programs are written so that computing machines can perform them quickly and so that human beings can understand them clearly. A programmer is ideally an essayist who works with traditional aesthetic and literary forms as well as mathematical concepts, to communicate the way that an algorithm works and to convince a reader that the results will be correct.

商业中最危险的一句话是“我们一直都是这么做的”。