One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

  • -- V. S. Naipaul V.S.奈保尔

一个人总是在最歇斯底里的时候写喜剧。

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I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.

我发现,我更容易认同那些濒临歇斯底里、害怕生活、渴望与他人接触的角色。但这些看似脆弱的人其实是坚强的人。

You might say that when you step inside, you're entering a honorific space, but that's something totally different than experiencing it. And in architecture the experience comes first. That has the deepest effect on us.

你可能会说,当你步入其中,你进入了一个令人肃然起敬的空间,但那与体验完全不同。在建筑领域,经验是第一位的。这对我们影响最深。

The dark comedies tend to be in a non-releasable area. There can be romantic comedies. There can be dramas. But there's no 'dark comedy' inbox for the advertising.

黑色喜剧往往是在一个不可释放的领域。也有浪漫喜剧。可能会有戏剧。但广告收件箱里没有“黑色喜剧”。

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

我们的政治是我们最深刻的表达方式:它们反映了我们过去的经历,反映了我们对未来的梦想和抱负。

In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.

在一个更加理性严谨的时代,我根本不会被人说成是一个讽刺作家。我只想做一个时事喜剧演员。

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.

我不等待情绪。如果你那样做,你将一事无成。你的大脑必须知道它必须开始工作。

I write the story that nobody reads. Someday, I'm going to write it in German to see if anyone notices.

我写的故事没人读。有一天,我要用德语写下来,看看有没有人注意到。

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

诚实地说,任何作家所能希望达到的最具独创性的东西,就是带着良好的判断力去偷窃。

My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.

作为一名喜剧演员,我唯一的目标就是打破模特少数族裔的神话。

I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy.

我学过莎士比亚,那都是喜剧,即使是悲剧。

I didn't have to say it. I just had to write it. It was painful enough.

我没必要这么说。我必须把它写下来。这已经够痛苦的了。

I have cultivated my hysteria with joy and terror.

我因喜悦和恐惧而变得歇斯底里。