The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.

  • -- Richard Harding Davis 理查德·哈丁·戴维斯

好的写作的秘诀是用一种新的方式说一件旧的事情或者用一种旧的方式说一件新的事情。

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I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a new form, I discover all the things that make that an exciting medium. I've been very busy most of my career. I've had very few vacations.

在我的职业生涯中,我尝试过做几乎所有的事情,因为这一切都激起了我的兴趣。我发现我第一次以一种新的形式工作时,我发现了所有使它成为一种令人兴奋的媒介的东西。我职业生涯的大部分时间都很忙。我很少有假期。

Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses that he finds difficulties, insurmountable, at least for the present.

对你的事业来说,你的坦诚是值得的。找到一个拥有新理论的人,坦率地承认他发现了困难,无法克服,至少目前是这样,这令人耳目一新。

Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.

不要试着想象大量的观众。没有这样的读者——每个读者都是不同的人。

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

变老只不过是一个忙碌的人没有时间养成的坏习惯。

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

灵魂应该总是半开着,准备好迎接狂喜的体验。

Inside every working anarchy, there's an Old Boy Network.

在每一个混乱的工作状态中,都有一个旧的男孩网络。