Talent is a faucet. When it is on, one must write. Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

  • -- Jean Anouilh 阿努依

天赋是一个水龙头。当它打开时,人们必须写。灵感是诗人为了显示自己的重要性而发明的一场闹剧。

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Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.

最好提防天才和灵感之类的概念;它们是一种魔杖,任何想看清楚东西的人都应该谨慎使用。

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.

电脑不能代替判断,就像铅笔不能代替识字一样。但是不用铅笔写作并没有什么特别的优势。

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.

很长一段时间以来,我一直试图尽我所能写出最好的作品。有时候我运气好,写得比我能写的更好。

You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.

你必须把你的许多灵感搁置起来。你只能用一张唱片做这么多。