「不管別人怎麼說,語言和想像的確能改變世界。」 (No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.)
然後他繼續說:
「我們讀詩寫詩,並非因為詩很可愛。 我們讀詩寫詩,是因為我們是人類的一員, 人類是充滿熱情的。」 (We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.)
「醫藥、法律、商業、工程,這些都是高貴的理想,並且是維生的必需條件。但是詩、美、浪漫、愛,這些才是我們生存的原因。」 (Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.)