I spent every night until four in the morning on my dissertation, until I came to the point when I could not write another word, not even the next letter. I went to bed. Eight o'clock the next morning I was up writing again.

  • -- Abraham Pais 亚伯拉罕·派斯

我每天晚上都要写论文,直到凌晨四点,直到我不能再写一个字,甚至连下一封信都写不出来。我上床睡觉了。第二天早上八点,我又开始写作了。

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Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women.

昨天早上,我以我曾经拥有的一种才能为消遣,但我却把它忽略了,我的表演几乎可以被称为一种试验。我给其中一个女人裁剪了一件衣服。

She had the kids during the day and I would have them at night. That way they were never alone. I would put the kids to bed, and then I had nothing to do and nobody to talk to, so I would write.

白天她有孩子,晚上我有孩子。这样他们就不会孤单了。我会让孩子们上床睡觉,然后我就无事可做,也没有人可以聊天,所以我会写作。

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.

一个作家对小说艺术或工艺的了解,只会使他对写作的需要或欲望减少一点点。最后他知道了所有的诀窍,却无话可说。

My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.

我的奢侈就是我的花园——这是我每天早上醒来第一件要看的东西。它给了我很多快乐。

There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.

我无法停止写作,这是一种疯狂。

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

即使是最黑暗的夜晚也会结束,太阳也会升起。