There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.

  • -- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

成为作家有三个原因:第一,你需要钱;第二,你有话要说,你认为全世界都应该知道;第三,你不知道该拿漫长的冬夜怎么办。

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It is a sobering thought that each of us gives his hearers and his readers a chance to look into the inner working of his mind when he speaks or writes.

这是一个发人深省的想法,我们每个人都给他的听众和读者一个机会,看看他的内心工作时,他说或写。

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education -- sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.

英语的用法有时不仅仅是品味、判断和教育——有时纯粹是运气,就像过马路一样。