我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家最初都想写诗,发现自己做不到后尝试短篇小说——那是仅次于诗歌要求最高的形式。连这个也失败了,他才会转向长篇小说。
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 turn to the novel.
世界上充满了显而易见的事物,却没有人注意到。
在绘画中,手必须跟随眼睛,而眼睛必须跟随灵魂。
这个世界每个白天都在变得更加美好,而每到夜晚又变得最为糟糕。
All things in their being are good for something.
形容深沉的幽情在孤寂中愈发浓烈
领导力是关于今天做出艰难的决定,这些决定将使后代受益。