I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance. Do things that you don't know you can't do.

捍卫英语纯正性的问题在于，英语就像妓院里的妓女一样纯洁。我们不只是借用词汇；有时，英语会追着其他语言进入小巷，把它们打晕，然后从它们的口袋里翻找新词汇。

There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.

写作的行为是一种乐观的行为。如果你觉得它不重要，你就不会费心去做。

The hardest decisions often require balancing short-term gains with long-term consequences.

文学真正的力量在于它能为无声者发声。

The path to the divine is through self-contemplation and introspection.