"The role of literature is to make the world more complex, not to simplify it."

"The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state."

作家的职责是说出真相，即使真相令人不安。

I don't want to be a martyr, I want to be a survivor.

我不是因为快乐而唱歌，我因为唱歌而快乐。

领导的艺术在于说不，而不是说是。说是很容易的。

Policy should be based on evidence, not ideology.

我不考虑我卖了多少唱片。我只考虑音乐。