Words are the closest any of us can come to making something from nothing at all.

  • -- Danielle Ackley-McPhail 丹尼尔·艾克利·麦克海尔

语言是我们中最接近于从无到有的东西。

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Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life. It has nothing to do with "I've got to get another play.

写作是我逃离这个拥挤的世界的一种方式。我喜欢一个人呆在房间里。这几乎是一种冥想的形式——一种对我自己生活的调查。这和“我得再演一个剧本”无关。

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

许多年轻的作家会犯这样的错误,把一个贴好邮票、写好地址的信封放在信封里,信封足够大,可以把手稿寄回来。这对编辑来说诱惑太大了。