Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes.

过多地粉饰命定之说，用来教育广大的愚昧朴实的民众。 

Is there any relief from some of thesepressures that I've been outlining? I think there is. I just want to turn to afew of them. Let's take meritocracy. This idea that everybody deserves to getwhere they get to, I think it's a crazy idea, completely crazy. I will support any politician of Left and Right, with any halfway-decent meritocratic idea; I am a meritocrat in that sense. But I think it's insane to believe that we will ever make a society that is genuinely meritocratic; it's an impossible dream.

作家的职责不仅是讲故事，还要揭示隐藏在日常生活表面下的真相。

诗歌不是奢侈品，而是必需品。

成功的关键在于在别人看到随机性的地方找到模式。