I’m not here to be the best, I’m here to be the only one.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
The book is not an end in itself, it is a means of evocation.
我认为诗歌不仅仅基于诗歌本身，而是基于彻底经历的生活。
Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.
我是自猫王以来最糟糕的事情，如此自私地做黑人音乐。
当行动与言语一致时，信任就建立了——尤其是在农业这样重要的行业中。
情况越糟，扭转局面所需的努力就越小，上升空间就越大。
真正的道路是沿着一条不是高悬在空中而是略高于地面的绳索。它似乎更多是为了让人绊倒而不是让人行走。
信仰是伟大的逃避，是逃避思考和评估证据需要的伟大借口。