Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

Other holidays repose upon the past; Arbor Day proposes for the future.

You can't direct a film unless you know what the end is going to be.

"I don't write to be loved, I write to be understood."

"History is not just about kings and queens; it's about ordinary people and their extraordinary lives."

To write is to give voice to the voiceless.

空白页是世界上最可怕又最令人兴奋的东西。

成为作家并不意味着宣扬真理，而是发现真理。