And what I noted, since the really big ideas carry 95 percent of the freight, it wasn’t at all that hard for me to pick up all the big ideas and all the big disciplines and make them a standard part of my mental routines. Once you have the ideas, of course, they are no good if you don’t practice. You don’t practice, you lose it.

"The act of reading is as creative as the act of writing."

The success of diplomacy lies in truly understanding the needs and interests of the other party, and seeking possibilities for cooperation based on that understanding.

我不想成为明星，我想成为演员。