The true discovery of America is before us. The true fulfillment of our spirit, of our people, of our mighty and immortal land, is yet to come.

善意并不是自己内心发出的，不能保留；行为自身不能够理解和辨别的，不能去做。

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

良心和怯懦其实是一回事。

有时候最有力的画面是那些为观者的想象留下漫游空间的画面。

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.

你读得越多，模仿得就越少。

成为英雄的最大障碍是怀疑自己是否会证明自己是个傻瓜；真正的英雄主义是抵制这种怀疑；最深刻的智慧是知道何时应该抵制它，何时应该服从它。