艺术是社会的镜子，反映其变化与矛盾。

我是自猫王以来最糟糕的人，如此自私地利用黑人音乐来让自己富有。

过度捕捞的真正代价是用空荡荡的渔网和破碎的社区来衡量的。

"I write about people who are desperate, who are on the edge, who have no other options."

In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.

The more you can align your personal values with your work, the more fulfilling your life will be.