我们的英雄是人类，这是一个崭新的情况。历史中大部分的社会重心都是敬拜一位人类以外的灵体，神，自然力、宇宙，总之是人类以外的什么。我们逐渐失去了这种习惯，我想这也是我们越来越被大自然吸引的原因。
Our heroes are human heroes. That's a very new situation. Most other societies have had, right at their center, the worship of something transcendent: a god, a spirit, a natural force, the universe, whatever it is -- something else that is being worshiped. We've slightly lost the habit of doing that, which is, I think, why we're particularly drawn to nature.
我们唯一需要恐惧的就是恐惧本身。
Trust is built through transparency and accountability.
I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I’ve been working nonstop since I was 15. I don’t even know how to chill out.
所谓仁人，只要能做到自己想成功时先帮别人成功，自己想得到时先帮别人得到，就可以了。推己及人，可算实行仁的方法。
The recording studio has become the new concert hall, and the microphone the new critic.
我们不相信通用的解决方案。每个问题都需要自己的答案。
写作是那些没有写作就无法生活的人的职业。
最好的故事不是来自“好与坏”的对立，而是来自揭示我们共同人性的那些微小而安静的时刻。