The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

成为一名作家就是在每天的寒冷时分坐在书桌前写作；不等待从胸骨中喷出的蓝色天才火焰。

对待小人态度严厉，不困难，困难的是让自己不去憎恨厌恶他们；对待君子恭敬谦逊，不困难，困难的是让自己始终以礼相待他们。

——2003年10月13日在联合国国际电信联盟(ITU)大会上发言

你不能让恐惧支配你的生活。

我不喜欢赌博，但如果有一件事我愿意赌，那就是我自己。

The pace of change will never be slower than it is today.

我喜欢在电影中展现普通人的生活，因为他们的故事往往最真实。