You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'em, but you won't take the sting out these words before I say 'em.
你可以在我唱之前试着从这张纸上读我的歌词，但在我说出来之前，你无法消除这些词的刺痛。
我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家都想先写诗，发现自己做不到，然后尝试短篇小说，这是诗歌之后要求最高的形式。如果连这都失败了，他才会转向写小说。
The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it adjusts them.
The computer reminds one of Lon Chaney -- it is the machine of a thousand faces.
我只是想做我自己，做我喜欢的事。
