At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

  • -- Raymond Chandler 雷蒙德·钱德勒

至少有一半的悬疑小说出版违反了这样的法律:一旦真相大白,解决之道似乎是不可避免的。

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If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate.

如果一个人认真对待他的写作,他一定要把它写好。但是他怎么能写得好,直到他学会看他写得不好。他在写作上的进步,以及对糟糕作品的认知,必然会以同样的速度展开。

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

把我从那些说他们的生活方式不重要的作家那里解救出来。我不确定一个坏人能写一本好书,如果艺术不能让我们变得更好,那么它到底是为了什么。

Knowing that Gene and Morgan were playing those roles made it much easier to put the script together-we knew who we were writing it for. It took some mystery away.

知道吉恩和摩根在扮演这些角色后,把剧本合在一起就容易多了——我们知道是为谁写的。它带走了一些神秘。

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

伟大的领导者几乎都是伟大的简化主义者,他们能够突破争论、辩论和怀疑,提供一个每个人都能理解的解决方案。

For tribal man space was the uncontrollable mystery. For technological man it is time that occupies the same role.

因为部落人类的空间是一个无法控制的谜。对于技术人员来说,时间扮演着同样的角色。

Dreams at first seem impossible, then seem improbable, and finally, when we commit ourselves, become inevitable.

梦想开始似乎不可能,然后似乎不可能,最后,当我们承诺,成为不可避免的。

God will make a way where there seems to be no way he works in ways we cannot see he will make a way for me.

上帝会为我们开辟一条路在我们看不到的道路上他会为我们开辟一条路。

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.

那些最不拿自己开玩笑的人,会被别人的笑话逗乐。

The least touchable object in the world is the eye.

世界上最难触摸的东西是眼睛。

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

战争永远不是解决办法;这是一种恶化。