I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term.

  • -- Robert Caro 罗伯特·卡洛

我试图通过我的写作来阐明我所相信的东西:传记——一般来说是历史——可以是文学中最深刻、最高意义上的文学。

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Believe me, I don't take that lightly. To have struck gold twice with 'Rent' and 'Wicked.' I know it's rare and I'm very lucky to have that kind of phenomenon in my life. They're not just great shows, they're shows that resonate with young audiences.

相信我,我不会掉以轻心的。他曾两次用“破裂”和“邪恶”这两个词击中黄金。“我知道这很罕见,我很幸运在我的生活中有这样的现象。这些节目不仅很棒,而且能引起年轻观众的共鸣。

Winning the Pulitzer is not that big a deal. I have seen hundreds of plays that have won the prize and you couldn't sit half way through it. The Pulitzer is a common prize that means very little.

赢得普利策奖没什么大不了的。这个人说:“我看了几百部得了这个奖的戏剧,你简直看不下去。普利策奖是一个普通的奖项,它的意义很小。

My access to music when I was growing up was through pirate radio, you know, transistor radio under the pillow, listening to one more and then 'just one more' until your favourite track comes on.

在我成长的过程中,我接触音乐的途径是通过盗版收音机,你知道,枕头下的晶体管收音机,再听一遍,然后“就再听一遍”,直到你最喜欢的歌曲出现。

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.

任何铁链,或任何外力,都不能强迫一个人的灵魂去相信或不相信。

I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to tell a story.

我写小说是因为我很想写。我相信这是足够的理由开始讲一个故事。

Writing was a spiritual exercise for my father, the only thing he really believed in.

写作对我父亲来说是一种精神锻炼,是他唯一真正相信的事情。