作家是一个写作的人,而不是一个被写的人。
The writer is a person who writes, not a person who is written about.
The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.
永远保持节俭,除非是为了自己的热情。
在采矿业,我们必须在经济增长和环境管理之间取得平衡,以创造长期价值。
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.