I think track records are very important. If you start trying to have a perfect one in a simple thing like honesty, you're well on your way to success in this world.

I write to challenge the status quo, to question the given.

To be a poet means to be awake when others are asleep.

"The writer is a man who is always trying to capture the essence of life, the essence of the human condition, the essence of the world."

Diplomacy is the art of restraining power.

我们对壮观不感兴趣。我们对具体感兴趣。

——序，姚伯麟《战后太平洋问题》，1919年9月

Designing markets requires both economic theory and practical intuition.

最好带着某种激情的全部荣耀勇敢地进入另一个世界，而不是随着年龄的增长凄凉地褪色和枯萎。