Growth comes from taking calculated risks, not from playing it safe.

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal.

The novel is the great art form of the inner life.

The world is a great clock, and we are the hands.

I turn myself into a dot and merge with the universe.

艺术家必须先创造火花，才能点燃火焰。