知识不会使我们更丰富;它使我们越来越远离神话世界——这个我们曾经的天然家园。
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 idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.
医学伦理是不可妥协的——偷工减料会付出生命的代价。
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
The only way to understand painting is to look at it.