The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

All I can do is follow my instincts, because I'll never please everyone.

We live in a world where the past is always present, and the present is always haunted by the past.

Tudo vale a pena quando a alma não é pequena.

The only thing I really like is change.

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.

追求纯粹的美是一种陷阱，是通往痛苦和悲伤的快车道。

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.

没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。

In looking for someone to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. But the most important is integrity because if they don't have that, the other two qualities, intelligence and energy, are going to kill you.

The most successful companies are those that listen to their customers.