纵欲之心正炽烈时，一想到将会卧病痛苦，兴致如寒冰；逐利之心正浓烈时，一想到将会命丧黄泉，味道如同嚼蜡。

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

I don’t run out of material. I just run out of time.

我不让任何人让我沉默。

孤寂能产生独创精神，酝酿出一种敢作敢为、令人震惊的美丽的创作，也就是诗。但孤寂也会促成相反的东西，会养成人们不近人情、荒唐怪癖的性格，也会使人萌生非法之念。