Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.

  • -- Elbert Hubbard 埃尔伯特·哈伯德

作家很少写他们所想的东西。他们只是把别人认为他们在想的事情写下来。

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When you're writing for newspapers you have all these parameters. You can't swear, you have to use short paragraphs, all that. If you stay within those parameters, you have lots of freedom because you're writing for the next day.

当你为报纸写作时,你有所有这些参数。你不能骂人,你必须使用简短的段落,诸如此类。如果你保持在这些参数之内,你会有很多自由,因为你在为第二天写作。

Start writing by thinking, not wrestling with words.

从思考开始写作,而不是纠结于文字。