To be free is not to have the power to do anything you want, but to have the power to do what is right.

The artist must be a translator of the invisible.

We are just beginning to understand the potential of genome editing—and the questions it raises.

The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

自由就是选择的重担。

真正的纽约人暗中相信，生活在其他地方的人在某种意义上一定是在开玩笑。

诗是一个内在的形象，它浮现为文字。

Writing is resistance against forgetting.

艺术是唯一能将我们从存在的空虚中拯救出来的东西。