When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.

  • -- Mike Tyson 迈克·泰森

当我在监狱里的时候,我被那些深奥的书迷住了。托尔斯泰的那些废话——人们不应该读那些东西。

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Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybody's reach; and though it is better to know them thoroughly than to know them only here and there, yet it is a good work to give a little to those who have not the time nor means to get more.

为什么我们伟大作家的作品没有更多地散布在全国各地?伟大的书不是每个人都能得到的;虽然全面地了解他们比只在这里和那里了解他们要好,但是给那些没有时间也没有办法得到更多的人一点帮助是一件好事。

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it.

我尊重那些充满激情的人。我做的事。但当一个人是法官时,他们不应该把这个带到法官席上。并不是真正的激情,除非在极少数情况下,能很好地服务于板凳席。而是一种理解法律并遵循法律的能力。

In terms of the way people see me, it breaks down into two very clear and distinct groups: those who think they know me from reading the papers and those who really know me by reading my books.

就人们对我的看法而言,它可以分为两类:一类是通过阅读报纸认识我的人,另一类是通过阅读我的书认识我的人。

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.

在我成为作家之前,我绝对是一个读者,当我读回忆录时,我真的希望它是真实的。

A book that furnishes no quotations is no book - it is a plaything.

没有名言的书不是书,而是一件玩物。

I read because one life isn't enough.

我读书是因为一次生命是不够的。