We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game.

人们问我如何创作音乐。我告诉他们我只是走进去。就像走进一条河流并加入水流。河流中的每一刻都有它的歌声。

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.

世界历史可以这样总结:强国总行不义。等到他们醒悟了,他们不已经不再强了。