What I think I've been talking about really is success and failure. And one of the interesting things about success is that we think we know what it means. If I said that there's somebody behind the screen who's very successful, certain ideas would immediately come to mind. You'd think that person might have made a lot of money, achieved renown in some field. My own theory of success -- I'm somebody who's very interested in success, I really want to be successful, always thinking, how can I be more successful? But as I get older, I'm also very nuanced about what that word "success" might mean.

Passion is the fuel that keeps you moving forward.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

The brain is a machine assembled not to understand itself, but to survive. It is a machine for making decisions that lead to survival.

诗人是个伪装者。他伪装得如此彻底，以至于假装成他真正感受到的痛苦。

人一定要懂得“礼”之后才能产生恭敬之心，产生恭敬之心以后才能有所尊敬，有所礼让。