I'm not interested in being a celebrity. I'm interested in being an artist.

林业的未来在于平衡经济增长与生态责任。

The sea gives us life, and it's our duty to give back by protecting it.

最好的领导者是那些培养更多领导者的人，而不是追随者。

We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy?

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

我不想成为神。我想成为人。

【译文】 孔子说：“有一种人，不了解情况就冒然行事，我不会这样。多听，向先进人物学习；多看，把细节牢记在心。就是掌握知识的最好方法。”

Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version.

因此，我决定只阅读那些被处决过或以某种方式冒过生命危险的人的著作。

对一个作家最糟糕的事情就是让他们独处。