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When an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate them by his best.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

当一个作家还活着的时候，我们通过他最差的作品来评价他的力量;当他死后，我们用他最好的方式来评价他。

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I am drawn to writing and directing as it is most like the feeling I had when I was a teenager with my puppet theatre. You are more in control of everything and involved in every aspect of production, so more challenged and fulfilled.

我被写作和导演所吸引，因为这很像我十几岁时在木偶剧院的感觉。你更能掌控一切，参与到生产的方方面面，因此更有挑战性和成就感。

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Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always.

有时，作家会对宣传、促销和出版业的整体性质说出一些真实的东西;但遗憾的是，并非总是如此。

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Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

不要为了别人能理解你而写作，要为了别人不会误解你而写作。

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Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

作家应该被阅读，而不是被看到。它们很少是迷人的景象。

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