A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

  • -- Francesco Petrarca 彼特拉克

致富的捷径就是减少我们的欲望。

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I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.

我认为在我们这个时代,我们得到的很多信息都是预极化的。小说有一种方式提醒我们,我们实际上在情感、神经、欲望和恐惧方面是非常相似的,所以我认为这是一种很好的方式来消除这种两极分化。

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.

我写的第一篇文章是为一家报业集团写的短篇小说,出版时我的稿酬是每篇五美元。

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

如果心所赞同的符合适当的模式,那么即使一个人的欲望很多,它们对良好的秩序又有什么害处呢?

I think so many people are reactive... they see things in a short term way they're right up against it.

我想很多人都是被动的…他们以一种短期的方式看待事物,他们正面临着挑战。