The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.

  • -- Gustave Flaubert 福楼拜

作家必须涉入生活,如同涉入大海,但只能涉入肚脐。

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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

许多年轻的作家会犯这样的错误,把一个贴好邮票、写好地址的信封放在信封里,信封足够大,可以把手稿寄回来。这对编辑来说诱惑太大了。

You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.

你需要走出你的舒适区去写一些有趣的,引人注目的,和其他人写的不同的歌。