“ If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist. 如果你只在灵感迸发时写作,你可能是一个相当不错的诗人,但你永远不会成为小说家。 Neil Gaiman 尼尔·盖曼
“ Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think. 语言就像歌曲,食物,舞蹈——它是我们思想的表达。 Holly Near 霍利·尼尔
“ Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate. 音乐——尤其是歌剧——是一个过程,只有当它是由热爱合作的人完成的时候,它才能持久或成功。 Sarah Caldwell 莎拉·考德威尔