I don’t care if you’re black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you. Simple as that.

文学是对抗不宽容和狂热主义的最佳武器。

作家的职责是说出真相，即使这很不方便。

建筑的未来在于轻巧与适应性。

Literature is a false representation of life that helps us to understand life better.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.