现在，无论是左倾还是右倾的政治人物，都同意“功绩主义”是个好事。我们应该尽力让我们的社会崇尚“功绩主义”，换句话说，一个崇尚“功绩主义”的社会是什么样的呢？一个崇尚功绩主义的社会相信，如果你有才能、精力和技术，你就会飞黄腾达，没有什么能阻止你，这是个美好的想法。

"Lighting is not about how much light you have, but how you use it."

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

我画画不是为了逃避现实，而是为了面对它。

To write is to confront the ghosts of our past, to give them a voice, and perhaps, to set them free.