Leadership is not about giving orders; it's about inspiring people to see the vision and work together to achieve it.

The past is not dead, it is not even past.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

我创作艺术不是为了名声或金钱。我创作是因为我必须这样做。

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.

生活不是等待风暴过去，而是学会在雨中翩翩起舞。

"We are all victims of our own illusions."