How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

当你还没有站起来生活的时候,坐下来写作是多么的徒劳。

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Writers often feel as if they exist on the periphery of life. By being observers, we feel a bit detached from the actions of the moment. It's difficult to blend in, to become a part of things.

作家们常常觉得自己好像生活在边缘。作为旁观者,我们觉得自己有点脱离当下的行为。很难融入其中,很难融入其中。

Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.

作家总是焦虑不安,总是疲于奔命——远离电话,远离责任,远离尘世的纷扰。

A book might be written on the injustice of the just.

关于正义的不公正,可以写一本书。

I was in a bad mood when I wrote that.

我写那封信的时候心情很不好。