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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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

政治才能比政治更难。政治是一门与人相处的艺术,而政治家是一门与政治家相处的艺术。

I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift.

我喜欢到处走走,想写什么就写什么。有工具吗?这真是个礼物。

Good books to not invite unanimity. They invite discord, mayhem, knife fights, blood feuds.

好书不需要大家意见一致。他们招致不和、混乱、刀架、血仇。

One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me?

有一本好书应该让你问:作者是怎么知道我的?

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

让人民认为他们治理,他们就会被治理。

In the country of the story the writer is king.

在这个故事的国度里,作家是国王。