If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.

Singing is 90% listening. You have to listen to the silence too.

每个人都是一个月亮，总有一个阴暗面，而他从来不会让人看见。

最好的文学是挑战我们、让我们思考、迫使我们面对存在的不舒服真相的文学。