And I went to talk to them about certain of the great tragedies of Western art. I wanted to see how they would seize the bare bones of certain stories, if they came in as a news item at the news desk on a Saturday afternoon.

个人只有将自己置于自己的时代中，才能理解自己的经历并衡量自己的命运，只有意识到自己处境中所有个体的机会，才能知道自己的生活机会。

The past is a shadow that follows us everywhere.

Your present state determines your future.

出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·刺赋》。释义：冰和炭不能放在同一个容器之中，太阳和月亮也不会同时照耀大地。比喻君子与小人不能同处，或比喻相互矛盾的理论不能同时运用。

创新是将变化视为机会的能力，而不是威胁。