The utility of an idea determines its place in mental life.
一个观念的效用决定了它在精神生活中的地位。
"最好的镜头是那些看起来毫不费力的。"
故事不在情节中；情节是你用来捕捉故事的网。
A writer is a person who is not satisfied with the world as it is, who wants to change it, to improve it, to make it more beautiful, more just, more livable.
The spread of liberal democracy has been accompanied by the spread of a global culture that is increasingly homogeneous.
有了图书馆，你就是自由的，不会被暂时的政治气候所限制。它是最民主的机构，因为没有人——绝对没有人——能告诉你该读什么、什么时候读以及如何读。