Lots of people want to have written; they don't want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes at the end of a job, not at the beginning.

  • -- Elizabeth George 伊丽莎白·乔治

很多人想要写作;他们不想写作。换句话说,他们希望看到自己的名字出现在一本书的封面上,而他们微笑的照片出现在书的背面。但这是工作结束时的情况,而不是刚开始的时候。

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Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious once you get to know them.

书籍,就像人一样,不能减少到材料的成本。书籍和人一样,一旦你了解了它们,就会变得独特而珍贵。

I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.

我天生就很有名。因为我的父母,人们想知道我是谁。

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.

当我开始上学并学习阅读时,我遇到了其他人和其他国家的故事。

Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.

许多书就像打开自己城堡中未知房间的钥匙。

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.

一个短篇故事必须有一个单一的情绪,每句话都必须建立在它上面。

Someone's writing down your mistakes, someone's documenting your downfall.

有人在记录你的错误,有人在记录你的失败。