"Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over."
書(shū)籍是我們與逝者溝通的方式。是我們從那些不再與我們同在的人那里學(xué)習(xí)教訓(xùn)的方式，人類以此為基礎(chǔ)，取得進(jìn)步，使知識(shí)逐漸積累，而不是一次又一次地重新學(xué)習(xí)。
要打破人的偏見(jiàn)比崩解一個(gè)原子還難。
最好的傳記是那些讓讀者感覺(jué)親自遇見(jiàn)了傳主的作品。
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
I'm not a politician, I'm an artist. I don't have to be politically correct.
I don't think about music in terms of categories. I just play what feels good.
I don't do things for the response or the controversy. I just live my life.
The essence of modernity is psychologism, the experiencing and interpretation of the world in terms of the reactions of our inner life and indeed as an inwardness.
The world needs more people who are willing to challenge the status quo.