我被有历史的材料所吸引。

成功是一个糟糕的老师。它诱使聪明人认为他们不会失败。

You get what you tolerate.

我认为能够不过于严肃地对待自己是很重要的。

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

音乐是我的语言，我用它和世界对话。

公司最大的资产是员工，投资他们，他们就会推动成功。

2004年夏天从波尔图来到伦敦，出席俱乐部为他安排的记者招待会所说。

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.