Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

The only way to be a writer is to write.

艺术家的职责是让不可见的东西变得可见。

I don't know. Sometimes when I feel about to cry, it often evolves into an impulse to almost laugh. That must have been how I really felt at the time, because I laughed, almost giggled.