Description begins in the writer's imagination, but should finish in the reader's.

  • -- Stephen King 斯蒂芬金

描写始于作者的想象,但应止于读者的想象。

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You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same.

你知道,艺术史的教学方式,往往没有什么能告诉你为什么这幅画是伟大的。对一幅拙劣的画的描述和对一幅伟大的画的描述听起来是一样的。

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

我曾经有一朵玫瑰以我的名字命名,我感到非常荣幸。但我不喜欢读目录上的描述:躺在床上不行,靠在墙上倒挺好。

You know what you are best at, and writing is just not my thing, but I like it.

你知道你最擅长什么,写作不是我的专长,但我喜欢它。

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

最可怕的时刻总是在你开始之前。