The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way， so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs， or impede their efforts to obtain it.

You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once.

"写作是一种反抗，是对遗忘的反抗。"

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

成为一名外交官就是成为一名职业骗子，但最好的外交官是那些撒谎最少的人。

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea.

人的本性是生命的内在规律。

歌唱90%在于倾听。你也必须倾听寂静。