"I wanted to write a book that was funny, but also made people think."

做好事如同背负重物而登山，志向虽已确立，但总是担心力不从心；干坏事如同骑马下山，虽然未加鞭，但却欲驻足而难以自禁。

——记者：你认为你是美国人还是中国人呢？

最终，我们都是孤独的，这是最可怕的真相。

"Let the images breathe and the story will tell itself."

The essence of power is the ability to make others do what they do not want to do.

The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.

译文：如果一个人富贵了，就会有人接近巴结他；如果一个人变得贫贱了，原来与他亲近的人就会离开他。

I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all.

没人说过这很容易。