Nowadays, particularly in the United States, if you meet someone at the bottom of society, they may unkindly be described as a "loser." There's a real difference between an unfortunate and a loser, and that shows 400 years of evolution in society and our belief in who is responsible for our lives. It's no longer the gods, it's us. We're in the driving seat.

作家必须成为他们时代的见证者。

关于教育的斗争不仅仅是关于知识、权力和身份的斗争，也是关于希望和未来意义的斗争。

The bigger the crowd, the more unnatural the picture.

It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.

The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring.