The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

Every act of writing is an act of betrayal.

There is an awful lot you can tell about a person by their shoes. Where they're going. Where they've been.

The key to financial stability is proper regulation that aligns incentives between bankers and society.

他呢，狗嘴吐不出象牙。

"Language is the bridge between the inner world and the outer world."