One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.

  • -- Alfred Kazin 卡津

一个人写作是为了在纸上、在时间上、在别人的心中为自己建立一个家。

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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

你建立在失败之上。你把它当作垫脚石。关上过去的门。你不会试图忘记错误,但也不会沉湎于其中。你不会让它占据你的任何精力,任何时间,任何空间。

You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog cryin’ all the time. You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog cryin’all the time. Well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine.

你什么也不是,只是一只猎犬一直在哭泣。你什么也不是,只是一只猎犬一直在哭泣。你从来没抓过兔子,你也不是我的朋友。

Re-writing is different from writing. Original writing is very difficult.

重写和写作是不同的。原创写作是非常困难的。

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.

光有才能不能成为作家。这本书后面一定有个人。