"I think the job of the novelist is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar."

自由民主的传播和世界经济的整合已经创造了一种情况，即大国不再愿意冒险相互开战。

编辑是一项改写活动。

我不是为排行榜做音乐。我是为人们做音乐。

Always listen to your audience. They will tell you what they want, if you're willing to hear.

大海不拒绝水流，所以成其大；高山不拒绝石块，所以成其高。

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. But, I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.

You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'em, but you won't take the sting out these words before I say 'em.