The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

The most radical thing you can do is to be absolutely contextual.

一个好故事的力量在于它能将你带到另一个地方，另一个时间，让你感觉自己是一个更大事物的一部分。

我恳请你注意到你快乐的时候，然后在某个时刻大声或小声或心里想，“如果这都不算好，我不知道什么才算。”