Language is the writer's only tool, and yet it's never enough.
语言是作家唯一的工具，然而它永远不够。
Myth is the part of language where the formula traduttore, traditore reaches its lowest truth value.
神话是语言中“翻译即背叛”这一公式真理值最低的部分。
To understand a forest, you must listen to it—not just with your ears, but with your heart.
I've learned that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.
The poet is the man who translates the emotions of others into words.
——1963年6月25日在西德市政厅柏林墙前的演说
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."