A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

  • -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 利希滕贝格

书是一面镜子:如果一只猿猴往里看,使徒几乎不可能往外看。

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Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and you put the marks together and without you doing it they're just marks.

除非你读过书,否则书是不存在的。这是一个双向的过程——你边读边写,填补空白。你发现了它,把这些标记放在一起,如果你不这么做,它们就只是标记。

And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.

我通常以自己为模特,在镜子前摆姿势,轻拍画布上的笔触。

I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception.

我相信如果你写了一本好书,很可能会受到好评。

There is no mistaking a good book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

一本好书是不会错的。就像坠入爱河一样。

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

自己写文章的人比自己写书的人更聪明。

I can look at myself in the mirror, and I can be proud.

我可以看着镜子里的自己,我可以感到自豪。