"The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself."

释义：贪婪是一切邪恶的源头，孝道乃众多善行美德之首。此句将淫乱之恶归于万恶之首，将孝道列为百善之首，劝勉人们远离邪恶，修炼孝行。

我们必须平衡短期需求和长期可持续性。

And I went to talk to them about certain of the great tragedies of Western art. I wanted to see how they would seize the bare bones of certain stories, if they came in as a news item at the news desk on a Saturday afternoon.

La raison n'est pas ce qui règle l'amour.

真正的领导者不创造追随者；他们创造更多的领导者。