Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

  • -- Cyril Connolly 西里尔·康诺利

宁可为自己写作而没有公众,也不要为公众写作而没有自我。

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Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice?

虽然每一项法律任务都需要这一技能,但在以一种适当响应人类需要和困境的方式制定公共政策方面,这一技能尤其重要。问题总是:一般规则在实践中如何工作?

At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration.

起初,我看到一个故事的图片在我的脑海中。然后通过问自己问题来创造故事。我猜你可能会把它称为“如果-如果-然后”的方法来写和说明。

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

我唯一适合做的就是当一名作家,而这种想法完全建立在我的怀疑之上:我永远不适合真正的工作,写作不需要任何条件。

I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way.

我认为戏剧化只是表演的一种方式。我不认为这是一个更好的方法或方式,但这是我的方式。

Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody.

作为一个公众人物并不意味着你对每个人都是一块肉。

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

被抢劫总比生活在恐惧中要好。