Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

人们发现,每个时代都必须写自己的书;或者更确切地说,每一代都是为了下一代的成功。

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I'd rather say no and have said no and do say no often. I walk away from projects if it doesn't feel right; if it's not the right team of people pulling in together or if the script isn't right. It could be a great idea but the script doesn't work.

我宁愿说不,说过不,也经常说不。如果感觉不对,我就退出项目;如果不是正确的团队或者脚本不正确。这可能是个好主意,但剧本行不通。

I think when money starts to corrupt journalism, it undermines the journalism, and it undermines the credibility of the product, and you end up not succeeding.

我认为,当金钱开始腐蚀新闻业时,它破坏了新闻业,破坏了产品的信誉,你最终不会成功。

If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.

如果你知道有人会被你写的东西惹恼,这显然是非常令人满意的,如果他们因为愤怒而嚎啕大哭,那就是蜜糖。

I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I never read a book by anybody advising writers how to write.

我既没有专家的帮助,也没有别人的建议。我没有学习写作方面的课程;直到大约一年前,我还从未读过有人给作家写建议的书。

In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we don't know what we're seeing, we overreact.

在艺术中,丑闻是一种虚假的叙述,是一种伪装而非揭露的烟幕。当我们不知道自己在看什么时,我们会反应过度。

I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.

当时我在伯克利上中学,我完全不适应那里的环境。像很多孩子一样,我发现剧院对我来说是个好地方。

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

古代作家的赞美不是来自对死者的崇敬,而是来自对生者的竞争和相互嫉妒。

Somewhere between laughing for no reason, making fun of each other and calling each other names, I fell for you.

在无缘无故地大笑、互相取笑和辱骂之间的某个地方,我爱上了你。

I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning.

我不喜欢给几代人起名字。这就像在旋转的唱片上读一首歌的名字。

A book unopened alters not the ink on its pages. What is there is there.

未开卷的书不会改变书页上的墨水。有什么就有什么。

I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.

我发现在舞台上表演比在银幕上更具挑战性。

If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving.

如果一开始你没有成功……跳伞就说这么多。

In each of us there is another whom we do not know.

我们每个人心中都有一个我们不认识的人。

Sitting has become the smoking of our generation.

久坐已成为我们这代人吸烟的习惯。