The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems.

  • -- Khaled Hosseini 哈立德·侯赛尼

写第二部小说的难度似乎与第一部小说的成功程度成正比。

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I never considered I might make a career out of writing as I was going to school, so when I did turn my attentions that way, I was very ill prepared, having only what I read as a guide, and no formal training whatsoever. I credit that very ignorance with a great deal of my success.

我从来没有想过我会像上学一样把写作作为我的职业,所以当我把注意力转向写作时,我准备得很差,只有我所读到的作为指导,没有任何正式的培训。我把我的成功很大程度上归功于这种无知。

The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang the hell out of it. Give the public what it wants to have and part of what it ought to have whether it wants it or not.

一份成功的报纸的秘诀就是每天刊登一篇文章,然后把它翻出来。给公众他们想要的,以及他们应该拥有的,不管他们想不想要。

Men build bridges and throw railroads across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly, they don’t have to sew buttons.

人们在沙漠中修桥、修铁路,然而他们成功地争辩说,缝钮扣的工作超出了他们的能力范围。因此,他们不需要缝扣子。

I was burned out. I think I was just exhausted. It was a very intense five years. We didn't stop. It was constant touring, constant writing, recording.

我累坏了。我想我只是太累了。那是非常紧张的五年。我们没有停止。那是不断的巡演,不断的写作,不断的录音。

A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.

很多时候,当一个乐队在某种风格或声音上取得成功时,他们很难摆脱这种状态,成为艺术家。

The prices of raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labour cost of producing them.

原材料的价格不随生产原材料的劳动力成本而直接波动。

I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist.

我认为我自己是一个作家,碰巧作为人类学家在写作。

I'm a diligent person, and that came directly from having hardworking parents.

我是一个勤奋的人,这直接来自于我勤奋的父母。