It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing comes in.

  • -- John Mason Brown 约翰·梅森·布朗

正是在寻求赢得、保持或值得读者感兴趣的艰苦劳动中,才产生了写作的乐趣和痛苦。

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Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems.

为什么人们总是问作家他们为什么停下来?我相信每个人都能在抽屉里找到几首珍贵的诗。

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

我写作时从不思考。没有人能同时做好两件事。