我曾以为诗歌可以改变一切，可以改变历史并使人性化，我认为这种幻想对生活非常必要。

When Henry Ford made cheap， reliable cars people said， ‘Nah， what’s wrong with a horse？’ That was a huge bet he made， and it worked.

In mathematics, the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.