A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.

  • -- Bennett Cerf 贝内特·瑟夫

从裤子上的一脚踢下来,只穿过几根脊椎骨,轻轻拍一下后背,结果就领先了好几英里。

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What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.

对我有用的是在情感上了解这个角色。我希望我能讲得更有逻辑性,但这对我不起作用。我需要很多时间;这就是为什么我总是担心当我在做不止一件事情的时候。我希望某种魔力会发挥作用。

Whenever I get the sort of fancy pants idea that I'm doing anything other than pure expression things start to go wrong. When I get too premeditated, things start to go wrong. I just shut that part of my brain off.

每当我有一种奇特的想法,认为我在做任何事情,而不是单纯的表达,事情就会开始出错。当我过于深思熟虑时,事情就开始出错。我只是把那部分大脑关闭了。

You don't make a fortune doing cartoons. It's a lot of fun, it keeps you busy, and it's better than a kick in the pants, absolutely. But doing voiceover work doesn't make you rich. It just doesn't.

你做漫画赚不到钱。这很有趣,让你忙个不停,绝对比在裤子上踢一脚好。但是做配音工作并不会让你变得富有。只是不喜欢。

You never know if you're a writer. You can't trust it. If you woke up and said, 'I'm a writer,' it would be gone. You wouldn't see anything for miles - even the dust would be running away.

你永远不知道自己是否是一名作家。你不能相信它。如果你醒来后说,‘我是个作家’,它就会消失。几英里之内你什么也看不到——甚至连灰尘都跑掉了。

Many nations are like rebellious teenagers who try to figure out just how many times they can kick us in the teeth while still taking our money.

许多国家就像叛逆的青少年一样,他们试图弄清楚他们能在拿走我们的钱的同时踢我们多少次。

Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles.

偏离一英寸,失去一千英里。