The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

  • -- William Hazlitt 威廉·哈兹里特

天堂里完美的欢乐不能满足自然的渴望。

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When people start writing there is this idea that you have to get everything right first time, every sentence has to be perfect, every paragraph has to be perfect, every chapter has to be perfect, but what you're doing is not any kind of public show, until you're ready for it.

当人们开始写有这个想法,你必须把一切正确的第一次,每一句话都必须是完美的,每一段必须是完美的,每一章必须是完美的,但你所做的不是任何形式的公开展示,直到你准备好。

People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But they must have a balance of soul, a balance for human beauty. That means art has an important role.

人们渴望电子技术的巨大进步,追求电脑、互联网等。这是技术上的巨大进步。但是他们必须有一个灵魂的平衡,一个人类美的平衡。这意味着艺术有着重要的作用。

Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.

试着去猜测(大众)观众想要什么,然后又试着去满足他们的需求,这通常不是得到好东西的好方法。

I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, and the good that I can do.

我为那些爱我的人而活,为那些真正了解我的人而活,为我头顶蔚蓝的天空而活,为我能做的善事而活。

The craving for information is so huge now, and it can be marketed at such a rapid rate.

现在人们对信息的渴求是如此之大,而且可以以如此之快的速度进行营销。

We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.

我们是自己的恶魔;我们把自己赶出伊甸园。

If I could write the perfect novella I would die happy.

如果我能写出完美的中篇小说,我就会快乐地死去。

It's fun being creative and that's satisfying.

有创意很有趣,也很令人满意。