I was happy not to be in his place. He could command my death, but not his. But then, what kind of power was his? He was a prisoner of himself.

If one wants to get a boat ride, one must be near the river.

lack of will power leads to more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.

We were meant to survive because of our minds' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue. We wore smiling masks while dying inside.

My parents lived likeas the neighbours described thema pair of chopsticks, always in harmony.

If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.

There have been 50 or 60 books written about Empress Orchid, but none of them bothered to really examine the period in China when she lived. I was taught that she was evil; it's in all the textbooks.

I think about giving up. I almost do.

The sun doesn't just hang on one family's tree

When Chinese get together - what's buried stays buried. We don't even discuss our embarrassing early days struggling in Chicago.

The self was a very strange concept to me until I came to America, and my child was born with that entitlement, and that just thrilled me.

If you are strong enough to face Fear of Failure, Fear of Rejections, and Fear of Criticism, that's the sign of Success.

Personal loss is the greatest motivator to a call for action!

As an early adopter of the internet, I've changed as the internet has changed, and I regret a lot of the things that I used to believe or used to do.

If you don’t sign up your kids for cryonics then you are a lousy parent.

Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be

I'd love to work on a script in collaboration.

The leaves of the trees are like the thoughts of the men: Some are bright, some dark; some fresh, some rotten; some healthy, some diseased.

In the end, the only thing the true New Yorker knows about New York is that it is unknowable.

A lot of things in life seem impossible until it's done. Don't be afraid to attempt the impossible.

There are more people with cell phones in the world than any other thing on the planet. There are billions of cell phones. There's not not billions of radios.