Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.

The art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is striving to invent a history which can retrospectively justify the role of the ruling class.

Creativity is about freedom, not limitations.

A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do.

The beauty of literature lies in its ability to transcend time and place.

实现明天的唯一限制将是我们今天的疑虑。