With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

I write to find out what I think.

I don't think of myself as a celebrity. I think of myself as an actor who's had some success.

The poet is the one who cleans the word of the stains of the marketplace.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Marine conservation is not a sacrifice—it’s an investment in our survival.

未来不是我们进入的，而是我们创造的。