Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.

  • -- Bryan Adams 布莱恩·亚当斯

社交媒体极大地分散了你对最终目标的注意力,而最终目标是磨练你作为一名作曲家的写作技巧。然而,也有一些人在这方面很特别,如果你能同时做到这两件事,那就太好了,但如果你是一个作家,花时间写一首聪明的歌词比发一条聪明的推特更好。

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Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can-and surely will at times-fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

接受这样一个事实:我们所有人都可能受到伤害,我们所有人都可能——而且肯定会——失败。其他的弱点,比如尴尬或冒着爱的风险,也可能是可怕的。我认为我们应该遵循一个简单的规则:如果我们能做最坏的打算,那就冒险吧。

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it's not unfamiliar to you. It's always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.

死亡永远与你同在;当你靠近它的时候,你会越陷越深,但这对你来说并不陌生。它一直都在那里,所以当你离开这一刻的时候,对你来说变得陌生的是真正的生活。

You can also make explicit certain social problems which, again, would be prejudged or not encountered at all in real life, because people have set up defenses against it. Fantasy allows you to get past defenses.

你也可以明确指出某些社会问题,这些社会问题,在现实生活中,可能会受到偏见的影响,或者根本不会遇到,因为人们已经对它建立了防御。幻想让你突破自我防卫。

What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.

你所想的比你生命中的任何事情都重要。比你挣的多,比你住的地方多,比你的社会地位多,比别人对你的看法多。

The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.

博客的影响力在媒体中是一股非常积极的力量。

Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.

我写的每一本书,媒体都在不断地打我的脸。