At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished.

  • -- Ivy Compton Burnett 艾维·康普顿伯内特

在某种程度上,我的小说就像果酱罐一样硬。然后我就知道一切都结束了。

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Everybody says how hard comedy is, but, when it comes time to honor things, whether it's on a weekly critical basis or whether it's award time, at that time of the year, comedy is the poor, dumb child of dramatic work.

每个人都说喜剧有多难,但是,当说到荣誉的时候,不管是每周的评论还是颁奖的时候,在一年中的那个时候,喜剧是戏剧作品中可怜的、愚蠢的孩子。

What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.

我的意思是,在我看来,生活的意义不在于写书,不在于翻山越海,而在于获得幸福,最好是一种无私的幸福。

It's hard to market a movie when you're at the mercy of critics and journalists.

当你受评论家和记者摆布时,你很难推销一部电影。

Never regret anything because at some point, you wanted it.

永远不要为任何事情后悔,因为在某个时候,你想要它。