At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

  • -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning 伊丽莎白·巴雷特·布朗宁

在痛苦的时刻,当写作是不可能的,阅读是不够的,语法和字典是很好的分散注意力。

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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

作家不只是坐下来写作的人。他们危害自己。每次你写一本书,你对自己的看法就会受到威胁。

The mid-life crisis is just those times when you're not so into the things you were when you were younger.

中年危机就是你对年轻时的事情不那么感兴趣的时候。

My touring has never stopped; from the time I started doing stand-up, I've been on the road.

我的旅行从未停止过;从我开始做单口相声开始,我就一直在路上。

I must say I've always composed music from the point of view of the performers.

我必须说,我总是从表演者的角度来创作音乐。

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

要开始学习自以为已经知道的东西是不可能的。

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

在诗歌中,必须说的每句话几乎都不可能说得好。