I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place.

  • -- Gore Vidal 戈尔·维达尔

我有时认为,这是因为他们太不善于口头表达自己,所以作家一开始就拿起笔和纸。

相关名言

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

单词——它们是如此的无辜和无力,就像站在字典里,在一个知道如何将它们结合在一起的人的手中,它们对善恶的力量是多么的强大。

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

我们是杯子,不断地、静静地被斟满。诀窍在于,知道如何把自己翻个底朝天,把美好的东西放出来。