Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

  • -- William Howard Taft 威廉·霍华德·塔夫脱

不要为了别人能理解你而写作,要为了别人不会误解你而写作。

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After I started to understand the spiritual dimension of life, I understood the responsibilities you have as a husband, a father, a friend and a hockey player.

在我开始理解生活的精神层面之后,我明白了作为丈夫、父亲、朋友和曲棍球运动员,你所肩负的责任。

I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.

我不希望我的作品太独特,以至于当你把它应用到不同的体裁时,它看起来就像人们从以前的节目中认识你一样。

Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.

打破纪录并不是你所期望的。这就像一种体育活动,通常不是喜剧和写作。

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.

烈士们,我的朋友,必须在被遗忘、被嘲笑和被利用之间做出选择。至于被理解——永远不会。