Everybody, all politicians on Left and Right, agree that meritocracy is a great thing, and we should all be trying to make our societies really, really meritocratic. In other words -- what is a meritocratic society? A meritocratic society is one in which, if you've got talent and energy and skill, you will get to the top, nothing should hold you back. It's a beautiful idea.

"El arte es la única manera de escapar sin salir de casa."

I always try to buy stocks that are undervalued and sell them when they become overvalued.

To live is to leave traces, and poetry is the most enduring of them all.

"To be a writer is to acknowledge the secret wounds that we carry inside."

真正的领导力在于帮助他人发挥他们的全部潜力。