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Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.
任何唱蓝调的人都会陷入困境，大喊救命。
— Mahalia Jackson 玛哈莉亚·杰克逊
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更多好句 ↗The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.
写作行业中最重要的一课是，如果去掉多余的部分，任何文稿都会得到改进。
Robert A. Heinlein
罗伯特·海因莱因
There are some things that are real, that you can see, that you can observe, like the moon, and grass and things. But for ideas to become real, they have to be played on your senses.
有些东西是真实的，你可以看到，可以观察到，比如月亮，草和其他东西。但要想让想法变成现实，它们必须在你的感官上发挥作用。
Jane Campion
简·坎皮恩
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.
要实现持久的文学，无论是虚构的还是真实的，作家需要敏锐的洞察力、吸收能力和创造力。
Lawrence Clark Powell
劳伦斯·克拉克·鲍威尔
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
对我来说，语言就是魔法。你可以说一个词，它可以唤起各种各样的图像或感觉或寒冷的感觉或任何东西。让我惊讶的是，语言有这样的力量。
Amy Tan
谭恩美
A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has its price-tag on.
一件有理论的作品就像一件商品，它的价格标签还在。
Marcel Proust
马塞尔·普鲁斯特
A book is a physical souvenir, a concrete instantiation of your ideas in a physical object, something that gives your ideas substance and allows them to travel.
书是一种有形的纪念品，是你的想法在有形物体中的具体体现，它赋予你的想法以实质，让它们得以传播。
Seth Godin
赛斯·高汀