He said:The good, lasting stuff comes out of one's individual imagination, and sensitivity to, and comprehension of, not out of the memory of one's own grief.

他说：，“美好的和长久的东西,来源于人们自己的想像，而不是来自个人记忆中的不幸。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Of course, as you have guessed, the good reader is the one who has imagination, memory, a dictionary and some artistic sense, which sense I propose to develop in myself and others whenever I have the chance.

当然，就像你们猜到的那样，好读者拥有想像力、好记性、,一本字典和几分艺术感，我建议一有机会,就进行自我及他人的艺术感培养。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The idea that emerged the memory of the '81-82 recession is very strong in our imagination because we think that it was caused by lax monetary policy by liberal thinking by the soft-hearted liberals who just didn't want to create any pain and suffering.

出现的观点,在我们的想象中,81-82年的经济衰退很严重,因为我们认为它是由于,松懈的货币政策，不拘一格的思想,那些仁慈的不想制造任何痛苦和疲劳的,自由主义者引发的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选