最好的建筑是那些在使用中消失的建筑。

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation.

我不是来当榜样的，我是来创作音乐的。

The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot be a mere entertainer. He must be all of these and more.

The true measure of success is how we uplift the communities we operate in.

I'm the reason your wife can't breathe.

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

"In every story, there is a piece of the writer's soul, immortalized in ink."