The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it adjusts them.

We are being drowned in a sea of irrelevance.

我不是公主，我是女王。

一本好书应该让你在结束时感到...略微疲惫。阅读时你经历了多重人生。

最成功的企业是那些以人为本的企业。

Sometimes you have to be knocked down lower than you have ever been to stand back up taller than you ever were.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家最初都想写诗，发现自己做不到后尝试短篇小说——那是仅次于诗歌要求最高的形式。连这个也失败了，他才会转向长篇小说。