I almost always urge people to write in the first person. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.

  • -- William Knowlton Zinsser 威廉·诺尔顿·津瑟

我几乎总是鼓励人们用第一人称写作。写作是一种自我的行为,你不妨承认这一点。

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It's when you've stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you're asleep, that the real work is done.

只有当你停止写作,开始做其他事情的时候,尤其是当你睡着的时候,真正的工作才会完成。

And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them.

如何达到清晰?主要是通过找麻烦和写作来为人们服务,而不是给他们留下深刻印象。

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

有些书的书背和封面是迄今为止最好的部分。

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

作家像牙齿一样被分为门牙和磨牙。