钱不会从天上掉下来，必须脚踏实地去挣。

The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

Sustainability is not an option; it's a responsibility we owe to future generations.

事物的复杂性——事物中的事物——似乎是无止境的。我的意思是，没有什么是容易的，没有什么是简单的。

伟大的小说是一面镜子和一扇窗户：它向我们展示我们自己与世界。

我教育孩子们要独立——就像我自己一样。