He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.

  • -- Arthur Balfour 亚瑟·贝尔福

他只学了一半的阅读艺术,而没有加上更高雅的跳绳和略读的艺术。

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Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they're gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that's what I give them. That's all I'm trying to do. Is that really so wrong?

生活是艰辛的,很多人下班回家都很累。如果他们要花半个小时阅读,他们想要一些娱乐和成就感。这就是我给他们的。这就是我想做的。真的有那么错吗?

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.

这让人感到悲哀,因为当艺术家们在一种乐器上得到完善和训练时,这对人们来说就像一个惊喜——几乎是一种反常。这是人们最不愿意考虑的事情。

I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.

我改进了我的技巧,改进了我的音高。我变得更加自信,更加坚定。我更清楚自己在做什么了。

The most talented writer in the world is life itself and my books are alternative scenarios of what I read in it.

世界上最有才华的作家是生活本身,我的书是我在生活中所读到的另一种情景。

To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn't.

对我来说,百科全书的魅力在于它知道——而我不需要知道。

What you don't know would make a great book.

你不知道的会成为一本好书。