我们的英雄是人类,这是一个崭新的情况。历史中大部分的社会重心都是敬拜一位人类以外的灵体,神,自然力、宇宙,总之是人类以外的什么。我们逐渐失去了这种习惯,我想这也是我们越来越被大自然吸引的原因。
Our heroes are human heroes. That's a very new situation. Most other societies have had, right at their center, the worship of something transcendent: a god, a spirit, a natural force, the universe, whatever it is -- something else that is being worshiped. We've slightly lost the habit of doing that, which is, I think, why we're particularly drawn to nature.
"Picture books are the first art gallery many children ever visit."
写作是一种个人自由的形式。它使我们从我们周围正在形成的大众身份中解放出来。
Memory is a responsibility, not a burden.
There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving,and that's your own self.
我喜欢和某个人一对一,那正是我擅长的,我从来没输过。这是一个截然不同的比赛,只是要让他们走在你前面然后你就可以做任何你想做的事。