It's dope to be black until it's hard to be black.

我不是那种会让对未来的热爱减少的人。

The challenge is to make buildings that are both functional and poetic.

表演最有回报的部分是在深刻的情感层面上与观众建立联系。

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.

"In literature, as in life, everything is connected."

我们站在一个不断被重新排列的巨大拼图的碎片上。