I don't believe in playing it safe. I believe in taking risks.

Here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget. Forget that there are palace in the world that aren't made out of stone That there's a---there's a---there's something inside that's yours, that they can't touch.

人生は、予測不可能な冒険である。

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.