I used to walk down the street like I was a star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.

好的小说告诉我们关于其主角的真相；而坏的小说告诉我们关于其作者的真相。

我相信艺术和讲故事有能力改变生活，激励人们，并将人们团结在一起。

争功诿过是小人的本事，掩饰过错、夸耀功劳是凡人的本色，功劳美好谦让于别人是君子的行为，替他人担当罪过是成就德行的事。

The key to success is failure.

That “democracy” is a somewhat vague term which I cannot define precisely. We ought to say, therefore: “I am fairly certain that it is a good thing if a government has something of the characteristics that are common to the British and American Constitutions,” or something of this sort.