The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.
创作行为并不纯粹。历史证明了这一点。社会学提取了它。作家失去了伊甸园，写作是为了被阅读，并逐渐意识到他是需要负责的。
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
The only thing I care about is the music and the performance. That's the only reason I'm here.
"Success is not about money. It's about the difference you make in people's lives."
The language of causality is the language of science.
唯一比被人谈论更糟糕的事情是没有人谈论你。
在家不会接待客人，出去后才知道这个问题的重要性。
译文：爽口的食物吃太多容易生病，高兴的事情过头容易生出祸患。赏析：再好的食物吃多了都会生病，不要为了口腹之欲，就口不择食。人遇到快乐高兴之事，心情自然就愉悦，可快乐过头了，人就会丧失理智，对事情不能做出理性的分析和选择，就会生出祸端。