可持续性始于土壤；如果我们不关心它，其他一切都无关紧要。

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out there is.

作家的生活是一种屈辱的生活。

城市的建筑应该讲述它的故事。

I don’t like to be told what to do.

写作不是揭示真相，而是创造一个可以发现真相的空间。

I don’t like to be comfortable. I like to push myself.

The spread of liberal democracy around the world is not inevitable, but it is the most likely outcome of the historical process.

自然规律是亘古不变的，不会因尧的仁德而存在，不会因桀的暴虐而消亡。