If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.

  • -- Henry Ford 亨利福特

如果我问人们想要什么,他们会说更快的马。

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Also I just think I've been lucky enough to have great parents, and I've had good people around me who have always been honest with me, who would give me a purely metaphorical slap if I ever got too big for my boots.

我觉得我很幸运,我有很棒的父母,我身边有很多好人,他们一直对我很诚实,如果我长得太胖,他们会打我一巴掌。

Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy.

短篇小说消耗你更快。它们与简洁有关。在短篇小说中,你面对的是死亡。我知道他们作为一种形式是多么的艰难,但他们也是一种完全的快乐。

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

存在的目的就是要调和我们对自己的强烈看法和别人对我们的可怕看法。

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

没有什么比躺在桂冠上的荣誉更容易枯萎的了。