We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love...these are what we stay alive for.
我们读诗写诗并不是因为它好玩。我们读诗写诗是因为我们是人类的一分子。而人类是充满激情的。没错、医学、法律、商业、工程，这些都是崇高的追求，足以支撑人的一生。但诗歌...美丽、浪漫、爱情...这些才是我们生活的意义。
你不能用消极的心态过积极的生活。
"I write about people who are desperate, who are on the edge, who have no other options."
统计学是文明的火炬手，是进步的真正衡量标准。
最好的想法往往来自倾听那些最接近问题的人。
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
"Home is not a place, it's a feeling."
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
我不相信运气，我相信努力工作。
The best investment you can make is in yourself.
人们说，所有幸福的人心中都拥有上帝。