The true writer is always an exile, even in his own country.

I don't act to escape reality, I act to understand it.

真正的领导力在于今天做出艰难的决定，这些决定将使后代受益。

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love—and it being more important and special than anything and everything else.