Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

  • -- Edgar Watson Howe 埃德加·沃森·豪

不要辱骂你的朋友,期望他们认为这是批评。

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I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing; but starving it is still worse.

我宁愿被攻击也不愿被忽视。因为你对一个作家所能做的最糟糕的事就是对他的作品保持沉默。袭击一个城镇是件坏事;但挨饿更糟糕。

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

我更愿意想象只有我的妻子、几个朋友,偶尔还有我的妈妈会读我所写的东西,尽管我意识到这有点不切实际。

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

不读批评的人很少值得批评。

My friends, there are no friends.

我的朋友,没有朋友。