A fisherman’s wisdom is as valuable as any scientist’s data.

当最后一棵树被砍倒，最后一美元将失去意义。

"In the end, we are all just stories. What matters is how we tell them."

In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.

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

作家的任务是使熟悉的事物变得陌生，使陌生的事物变得熟悉。