I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.... We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

  • -- C. Day Lewis C.戴刘易斯

我不会坐在书桌前,把我头脑中已经清楚的东西写进诗里。如果它在我的脑海中是清晰的,我应该没有动机或需要写它……我们写作不是为了被人理解;我们写作是为了理解。

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I write across several genres. I’m a slut for words. I can’t keep it in my literary pants.

我写过好几种体裁的作品。我是个爱说话的荡妇。我不能把它藏在我的文学裤子里。

The first draft of anything is shit.

任何东西的初稿都是垃圾。