作家是一个写作的人，而不是一个被写的人。
The writer is a person who writes, not a person who is written about.
To be a moral human being is to pay, be obliged to pay, certain kinds of attention.
A building should be like a tree—it grows and changes with the seasons.
孔子说：“人无信誉，不知能干什么？就象大车没有车轴，小车没有车轴，怎么能启动？”
要求真，因为真，是这人世间完美之事的基本要素，也是所有善美的根源。
The city is like a great palimpsest, a manuscript that has been written and rewritten over the centuries.