Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.

  • -- Francoise Sagan 弗朗索瓦丝·萨冈

写作是找到某种节奏的问题。我把它比作爵士乐的节奏。大多数时候,生活是由三个字有节奏地发展而成的。如果一个人告诉自己生活就是这样,他就不会觉得那么武断。

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When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum.

当你的预算比较少的时候,我想当你写作的时候,你脑海中要考虑的一件事就是你要把人物的数量降到最低。

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

如果一个人从肯定开始,他将以怀疑告终;但如果他愿意从怀疑开始,他将以肯定告终。

Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.

我对写作过程中的每一件事都感到惊讶,因为对我来说,插图比写作更自然。

A conventional playwright tries to tell you more about the characters than they know about themselves.

一个传统的剧作家会试图告诉你更多关于人物的事情,而不是他们对自己的了解。

No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that.

不,我不想为了两场比赛牺牲四天。我的时间太宝贵了,不能做那件事。

They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better.

他们说生活得好是最好的报复,但有时写得好甚至更好。

When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.

失去爱人就像剪了个糟糕的发型。时光倒流。

You know why I'm pulling your leg? Because I can't touch it from where I am.

你知道我为什么开你的玩笑吗?因为我不能从我现在的位置触摸它。