When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.

  • -- James Earl Jones 詹姆斯·厄尔·琼斯

当我阅读伟大的文学作品、伟大的戏剧、演讲或布道时,我觉得人类的心灵除了通过语言来分享情感和思想外,没有取得任何更大的成就。

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Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.

你知道为什么语言会在我的作品中表现出来吗?因为我知道注意力持续时间短。

I don't want to see blood spewing out but I don't mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No.

我不想看到血喷涌出来,但我不介意在受控的环境中。这让我恶心吗?不。

Music enriches people's lives in the same way paintings and literature do. Everybody deserves that.

音乐像绘画和文学一样丰富了人们的生活。每个人都值得。

Our chances of survival were entirely dependent on our ability and willingness to dominate others.

我们生存的机会完全取决于我们控制他人的能力和意愿。

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

我们的适应能力是惊人的。我们改变的能力并不那么惊人。

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

我们所有的最终决定都是在一种不会长久的心态下做出的。

If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it.

如果我在阅读的时候没有得到鼓点因子,那我就做不到。

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.

最古老的书仍然只对那些没有读过的人开放。

And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.

而且文学作品经常上升到使其国际化的高度。

When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it.

当英语挡住我的路时,我就走过去。