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'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.

我不是那种我知道的那种作家，他们早上起床，把一张纸放进打字机里，然后开始写作。我一直都不明白。

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The sign said don’t do it, so naturally I did it. Signs are always saying stuff in a silent way.  Writing is a way to say something in a silent way.

牌子上写着不要这样做，所以我很自然地就这样做了。标识总是用一种无声的方式来表达。 写作是一种沉默的方式。

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Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels.

任何一个十五岁就想成为作家的人都知道写几本小说。

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You are either born a writer or you are not.

你不是天生就是作家。

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