I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term.

  • -- Robert Caro 罗伯特·卡洛

我试图通过我的写作来阐明我所相信的东西:传记——一般来说是历史——可以是文学中最深刻、最高意义上的文学。

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If it's just screaming - and I know this sounds so ridiculous - that gets old. But sometimes when there's literal chaos, it's like being in a war zone, and that's kind of exciting. You're just running through the crowd of people chasing after you and no one knows what's going on.

如果只是尖叫——我知道这听起来很荒谬——那就老了。但有时,当真的发生混乱时,就像身处战区一样,这是令人兴奋的。你只是在人群中奔跑,没有人知道发生了什么。

I have a profound belief in the power of the Sacraments. I believe that in a Divine way the use of them teaches the teachable their inward meaning and therefore I think we need be in no hurry to attempt to teach new converts all that we think we know about them.

我深信圣礼的力量。我相信,以神圣的方式,使用他们教导可教的人他们的内在意义,因此,我认为我们不需要急于尝试教新皈依者我们认为我们所知道的关于他们的一切。

Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.

特伦特喜欢直接录制吉他,而我一直更喜欢通过放大器来演奏。

Sometimes make-believe is just another word for rare.

有时候,“假装”只是“罕见”的另一种说法。

I write to understand as much as to be understood.

我写作是为了理解和被理解一样多的东西。

Writing enlarges the landscape of the mind.

写作开阔了心灵的视野。