Art is the lie that tells the truth.

Leadership means making tough decisions today that will benefit everyone tomorrow.

To write is to resist oblivion.

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any society, because it seeks to turn other ideas — uncertainty, progress, change — into crimes.

A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

成功不是靠运气，而是靠努力、决心和从失败中学习。