我不是圣人，但我也不是罪人。
I'm not a saint, but I'm not a sinner either.
人们往往认为，现在的政客比过去的政客要糟糕得多。但我们往往忘记了过去的政客有多糟糕。
创新不是对每件事都说“是”，而是对所有非关键特性说“不”。
建筑应该是慷慨的——它必须给予的比索取的多。
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.