Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

  • -- Mason Cooley 梅森·库利

年轻的诗人悲叹爱情的逝去;老诗人,岁月的流逝。令人惊讶的是,两者之间几乎没有什么区别。

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When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do.

当我听我最喜欢的作曲家,他们有如此简单的旋律和和弦。我偶尔会在正确的时间停下来,但我经常会继续,直到我有太多的笔记和单词。但我就是这么做的。

I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must understand that he/she is a writer for hire and has no control over copyright or over editorial changes made to the text.

我没有问题卖书给媒体特许经营,我们一直这样做。作者必须明白,他/她是一个受雇的作家,对版权或对文本的编辑修改没有控制权。

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.

诗歌是诗人的作品,不是人民或社区的作品;艺术创作永远只能是个人心灵的产物。

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.

人生的一切欺骗,无非是虚谎变为行动,是虚谎从言语变成事实。

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.

诗人是夜莺,他坐在黑暗中,用甜美的歌声为自己的孤独歌唱。

Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.

倾听所有的声音,从每一只经过的鹅身上拔下一根羽毛,但是,不要绝对跟随任何人。

My goal is to connect the young teachers to the old, to reignite their sense of struggle.

我的目标是把青年教师和老年教师联系起来,重新点燃他们的奋斗意识。

I really enjoy the people. I find them to be better educated and wittier.

我很喜欢这里的人。我发现他们受过更好的教育,更聪明。