For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.

  • -- Ernest Hemingway 欧内斯特·海明威

很长一段时间以来,我一直试图尽我所能写出最好的作品。有时候我运气好,写得比我能写的更好。

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At this time - we're in a dramatic crisis - euro bonds are precisely the wrong answer. They lead us into a debt union, not a stability union. Each country has to take its own steps to reduce its debt.

目前,我们正处于一场戏剧性的危机之中,欧元债券恰恰是错误的答案。他们把我们带入一个债务联盟,而不是稳定联盟。每个国家都必须采取自己的措施来减少债务。

I wanted to rock back and forth between myth and distant futures, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It felt a bit like prophecy and a bit like storytelling.

我想在神话和遥远的未来之间摇摆,昨天,今天,明天。感觉有点像预言,有点像讲故事。

‘Oh,’ she said, ‘I die each time. Do you not die?’ ‘No. Almost. But did thee feel the earth move?’ ‘Yes. As I died. Put thy arm around me, please.’

“哦,”她说,“我每次都死了。你没有死吗?“没有。几乎。但是你感觉到大地在动吗?“是的。当我死了。请用你的胳膊搂着我。”

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

写作是唯一一个没有人认为你很可笑的职业,如果你没有赚到钱。

We are the authors of our own fate-we write it each day with every one of our actions.

我们是自己命运的作者——我们每天用我们的每一个行动来书写它。

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker.

我决定写短篇小说,因为它们很快就被拒绝了。

Humility is an essential quality in writers who want to write well.

谦虚是想写好文章的作家的基本品质。

I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern.

我既有传统的一面,也有现代的一面。