I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.

  • -- Toby Young 托比·杨格

我试着当一名机械师,也试着做餐饮,但我意识到,与学术工作相比,我更不擅长半熟练的工作。

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My concept of an advice giver had been a therapist or a know-it-all, and then I realized nobody listens to the know-it-alls. You turn to the people you know, the friend who has been in the thick of it or messed up - and I'm that person for sure.

我的建议提供者的概念是一个治疗师或万事通,然后我意识到没有人听万事通的。你向你认识的人求助,向那些深陷困境或搞砸事情的朋友求助——我就是那个人。

When I was an academic, I'd sometimes get a little feeling of excitement when I had an idea that was, I hoped, fresh. And whether anyone should act on that idea is a very different question.

当我还是个学者的时候,当我有了一个我希望是新鲜的想法时,我有时会感到有点兴奋。而是否有人应该按照这个想法行事,则是一个完全不同的问题。

If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.

如果我是学术机构的一员,我就可以做其他的实验。

I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie.

我意识到我所做的一切都是幻想,无论是成人电影还是儿童电影。