I believe that is true. If you make the effort to do the best of what you are capable, trying to improve the situation that exists for you, I think that is success and I do not think others can judge that."

VOA: special.2010.06.10

Now, for those of you who don't know, On the Road does document pretty closely the actual road trips that Jack Kerouac took with Neal Cassady and a whole host of others, and I can do a little decoding for you.

现在，如果你们中有人不知道，《在路上》确实近乎于是对真实中,杰克凯鲁雅克带着尼尔卡萨迪和其他一群人上路旅行的记载，我来给你们做些破译。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选