Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.

  • -- Iris DeMent 曼特

总的来说,写作从来就不是我所说的乐趣。这是充实的。这对我来说并不容易。

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I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.

我意识到当时的喜剧演员都是靠笑话和妙语来表演的。当你说到笑点的时候,观众要么真诚地笑,要么自动地笑,要么不笑。使我烦恼的是那种不由自主的笑声。我说,那不是真正的笑。

Real estate is my life. It is my day job, if you will. But it consumes my nights and weekends, too.

房地产是我的生命。如果你愿意,这是我的日常工作。但它也消耗了我的夜晚和周末。

When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing.

当我钓鱼的时候,我想了很多关于鱼的事情,但是我也想到了我正在写的书。

I had big shoes to fill, but the way we have been playing has made the transition easy.

我有很多事情要做,但是我们踢球的方式让这个转变变得很容易。

You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.

你痛苦、急躁、疲惫。你现在心情很好。

It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours.

做一个比喻是不容易的。