If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

如果你死后不会被遗忘,要么写一些值得读的东西,要么做一些值得写的事情。

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I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to paint. You're a writer because this is what you do.

我写作是因为我写作——就像任何从事艺术的人一样。你是个画家,因为你觉得除了画画别无选择。你是个作家,因为这就是你的工作。

Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say.

毫无疑问,那些写长篇小说的人无话可说。 当然,那些写短篇小说的人就更不用说了。

A woman that is patient has the ability to endure provocation, pain, annoyance etc, with much calm and strength.

一个有耐心的女人有能力忍受挑衅、痛苦、烦恼等,而且非常平静和坚强。

Never mind reading between the lines, try reading what's on them first.

不要在意字里行间的意思,先看看字里行间的意思。

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

不因履行好职责而产生的权利不值得拥有。

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

即使你没什么可写的,也要写出来,然后说出来。

Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.

准备好成为一名作家。