It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

当你知道如果你处在他的位置你就会说谎时,你就很难相信一个人在说真话。

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I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.

我在台上紧张得说不出话来。我试一试。我试着告诉我的大脑:不要再往嘴里发单词了。但我变得紧张,变成了我的奶奶。在眼睛后面是纯粹的恐惧。我发现很难相信我能做到。

I keep telling myself, don't get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while.

我一直告诉自己,不要骄傲。为媒体和媒体服务,对孩子们好一点,偶尔往看台上扔个棒球。

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses.

小说的第一个谎言是作者给混乱的生活安排了秩序:时间顺序,或者作者选择的任何顺序。

Because even if the lie is beautiful, the truth is what you face in the end.

因为即使谎言是美丽的,真相是你最终面对的。