The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.

  • -- Yann Martel 扬·马泰尔

散文的语言和电影的语言非常不同,所以电影必须成功地翻译书中的内容。

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No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

没有一个学生仅仅因为做了要求他做的事情就获得了卓越的成就:正是超出要求的事情的数量和卓越,决定了最终卓越的伟大。

I don't know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent I'm hoping that with the next book, when people pick it up and read it, it will scare the pants off of them.

我不知道编辑们会怎么看,也不知道他们会怎么接受。但在某种程度上,我希望下一本书,当人们拿起来读的时候,能把他们吓得魂飞魄散。

But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.

但是,苹果公司的情况却完全不同。我曾经说过苹果应该是这个行业的索尼,但实际上,我认为苹果应该是这个行业的苹果。

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

成名不会让我感到成功——除非一个人在追求平庸。

I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?

我不是那种想做很多不同事情的演员,你懂我的意思吗?

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.

书籍选择作者;创造的行为并不完全是理性的和有意识的。

Loneliness means when you have no one to celebrate your success with and share your pains.

孤独意味着没有人和你一起庆祝你的成功,分享你的痛苦。

The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.

我们思想的质量是由我们对语言的熟练程度决定的。

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

坏人越成功,画面就越成功。

Language is memory and metaphor.

语言是记忆和隐喻。