I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them.

  • -- Maria Semple 玛丽亚·塞姆普

我明白了喜剧是由坚强的性格塑造出来的。我不会开始写一个角色,直到我有一个明确的看法。

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I describe my plots as follows; A character is walking down the street when all of a sudden a piano falls on them. They spend the rest of the story digging out from under that piano. How they dig, how long and how well, this all depends entirely on the character.

我把我的情节描述如下;一个角色正走在街上,突然一架钢琴落在他们身上。他们把故事的其余部分从那架钢琴下面挖了出来。他们如何挖掘,挖掘多久,挖掘得多好,这些都完全取决于角色本身。

Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.

坚强也可以是女性的特质。我不认为女性就等于软弱。坚强是非常性感的。

But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.

但我仍然认为,如果你很强大,你就能与任何东西战斗,这就是精神战胜物质的意义。

I just let the character speak to me and things appear.

我只是让角色和我说话,然后事情就出现了。