The act of writing is an act of rebellion.
Goals determine what you are going to be.
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.
伟大的艺术家所看到的,从来都不是世界的本来面目。一旦他看透了,他就不再是艺术家。
过去从未死去,它甚至还未过去。
Childhood is fleeting, but the right book can make it last a little longer.