计划写作不是写作。列提纲、做研究、和别人谈论你在做什么,这些都不是写作。写作就是写作。
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never thesituation but your thoughts about it.
以这样奢侈的国君,去统治那些爱好奢侈的臣民,想要国家不动乱,是不可能的。
Power is not given to you. You have to take it.
我的作品存在于诗歌与政治之间的空间。
A good illustration doesn’t just decorate the text—it expands it.
Poetry must always have a moral purpose; it should instruct while it delights.