The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

年轻作家的问题是他们都是六十多岁。

相关名言

I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.

我有麻烦了,因为我很正常,有点自大。很多人不喜欢自己,而我恰好完全爱上了自己。

A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.

作家的作品往往反映了他或她在生活中所接触到的东西;诗歌或故事的基础。

Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.

作家也许声名狼藉,无可救药,或早衰或晚兴,但他们敢于单干。

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

问题不在于傻瓜太多,而在于闪电的分布不对。