The act of writing is an act of courage, a confrontation with the self.

土壤的健康决定了牲畜的健康——永远不要忘记这一点。

哲学的任务不是解决矛盾，而是使它们可见。

Escribir es una forma de protesta, y leer, una forma de resistencia.

I can’t play bridge. I don’t play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn’t seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window.

There’s no such thing as too much butter in a recipe—only too little joy.

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure.

我的艺术是我内心世界的反映，而不是外界的。