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If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies.

  • -- William Faulkner 威廉·福克纳

如果一个作家不得不抢劫他的母亲，他不会犹豫:“希腊瓮上的颂歌”比任何数量的老妇人都值钱。

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Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can see and handle and carry home with them, and the cause is half won.

把这个论点变成一个具体的形状，一个形象，一些强硬的短语，像一个圆圆的实心的球，他们可以看到，可以处理，可以带回家，那么这个事业就成功了一半。

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It's the child writer who has figured out, early on, that writing is about saving your soul.

儿童作家很早就发现，写作是为了拯救你的灵魂。

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A freelance writer is paid per word, per piece, perhaps.

自由作家的报酬可能是每一个字，每一篇文章。

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Good things, when short, are twice as good.

美好的事物在短暂的时候是双倍的美好。

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