I think that's the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.

  • -- Maria Semple 玛丽亚·塞姆普

我认为这是小说家最重要的工作——为他们的写作带来权威。

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Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

没有什么能代替单纯的努力工作。我必须花时间回去。这是一种折磨。这意味着每天训练和流汗。但我完全致力于锻炼,向自己证明我仍然可以做到。

Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.

制作卡通意味着每一步都要非常努力,但是创造一个成功的卡通人物是所有工作中最难的。

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

人民没有权威,他们的权利就得不到尊重。

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

我认为,对大多数形式的权威,都存在明显的不尊重。