I don't want to be compared to anyone. I want to be the first version of myself, not the next version of someone else.

我不是诗人，我是一个讲故事的人。

"Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic."

写作是一种思考的方式，一种理解世界的方式。

The future belongs to those who can balance profitability with purpose.

最好的建筑是看不见的。

The stranger is an element of the group itself, not unlike the poor and sundry 'inner enemies'—an element whose membership within the group involves both being outside it and confronting it.