Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.

  • -- Peter Benchley 彼得·本奇利

写作大部分时间是汗水和苦差事。为了忍受孤独和纪律,你必须热爱它。

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You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women.

你不可能成为一个伟大的母亲,而且必须一直工作;这两件事并不理想。关于我们的工作生活,我们有很多工作要做,也有很多争论,因为它对很多人都不起作用,尤其是对很多女性。

Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name.

写作是一种声音,它从梦中召唤着我们,当我们认为没有人在看我们时,它从我们的眼角向外窥视,它是一种渴望,即使当我们认为自己应该是最幸福的时候,它也会让我们心碎,对此我们无法给出一个名字。

I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!

我一直认为圣诞节是一个美好的时光;一段善良、宽容、慷慨、愉快的时光;这是一个男人和女人敞开心扉的时刻,所以我说,上帝保佑圣诞节!

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。