We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'
我们是孤独的动物。我们一生都在努力减少孤独感。我们古老的方法之一是讲述一个故事,恳求听者说——并感受到——“是的,事情就是这样,或者至少我是这样感觉的。”
我不是为评论家唱歌,我是为歌迷唱歌。
Why do I stand up here? I stand upon my desk...to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.
故事永远不会结束;它只是停止。
办事果断的人看起来好像忙碌,其实心中常有闲暇。因循苟且的人看起来闲暇,其实心中常有牵念。