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 love to find new people. It's not for the sake of their being new; it's because if you find someone who perfectly fits a part, that's such a great thing.

我喜欢找新朋友。这并不是因为他们是新生的;因为如果你找到了一个完全适合这个角色的人,那是一件很棒的事情。

Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and create to new ones.

每一种文化都有值得羞愧的地方,但是每一种文化也有权利去改变,去挑战消极的传统,去创造新的传统。

You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.

你有特定的写作工具,但一般来说,从无到有的创作会让人很抓狂,你知道,辛西娅和我都很抓狂。

I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything.

我听各种各样的音乐——新音乐、老音乐、同事们的音乐,什么都听。

Writing is like a raft with a slow leak; sometimes it floats, sometimes it doesn't.

写作就像一只漏气的木筏;有时会浮起来,有时则不会。

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

如果你不知道自己有多大,你会有多大?