Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule.

  • -- Richard Curtis 理查德·柯蒂斯

再一次,我们拒绝大多数自助出版的书籍,除非它们有特殊的记录。然而,我们只接受了一小部分,并以不错的价格卖给了主要出版商。但这是一个例外。

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I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.

最近我在下议院看到一位年轻女士穿着一双漂亮的鞋子。我说我喜欢它们,她说我的鞋子是她参与政治的原因。

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

出版是一门生意。写作可能是一门艺术,但出版,当一切都说了又做了,归根结底还是要靠金钱。

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

写作使生活变得有意义。你一生都在工作,也许你已经理解了一个小领域。

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.

在我们的内心深处,除了我们自己创造出来的东西,什么都没有。

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

成名最难的是人们总是对你很好。

A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time.

怀石料理饭就是这样的,在很长一段时间内都是很小的一道菜。