Nobody has things just as he would like them. The thing to do is to make a success with what material I have. It is a sheer waste of time and soul-power to imagine what I would do if things were different. They are not different.

  • -- Frank Crane 弗兰克·克兰

没有人拥有他想要的东西。我要做的就是用我所有的材料取得成功。想象如果事情不一样,我会怎么做,这纯粹是浪费时间和精神力量。他们没有什么不同。

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Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper.

每一个创造者都痛苦地经历着他的内在视觉和最终表达之间的鸿沟。鸿沟永远不会完全弥合。我们都有一种信念,或许是一种错觉,那就是我们有许多话要说,而不是出现在报纸上。

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

男人和女人作出不同的审美判断的主要原因是,后者通常不能抽象,只欣赏他们完全赞同的东西。

What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.

我在任何性格中寻找的东西,无论好坏,都是我是否能听到他说话。如果我能把他想象得那么清楚,我就能写他了。

People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.

那些自称演员却永远找不到工作的人;他们确实需要另谋职业。

If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?

如果蚂蚁是如此忙碌的工作人员,它们怎么会有时间去野餐呢?

I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.

我很早就知道隐私有多重要。

Surround yourself with positive with positive successful people.

与积极向上的成功人士为伍。

Part of my success was having a place to play as a kid.

我成功的部分原因是小时候有地方玩。

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

善能想象恶;但恶不能想象善。

Happiness ... can exist only in acceptance.

幸福……只能存在于接受之中。