For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

  • -- Laurence Sterne 劳伦斯·斯特恩

每讲十个笑话,你就有一百个敌人。

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The trouble with the jokes is that once they're written, I know how they're supposed to work, and all I can do is not hit them. I'm more comfortable improvising. If I have just two or three ideas and I know how the character feels, what the character wants, everything in between is like trapeze work.

这些笑话的问题在于,一旦写好了,我就知道该怎么写了,而我所能做的就是不打击他们。我更喜欢即兴发挥。如果我只有两三个想法,而且我知道角色的感受,角色想要什么,那么这两者之间的一切就像空中飞人一样。

I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.

我喜欢情景喜剧,当人们非常严肃的时候,你会发现一些非常有趣的事情,而不是笑话。

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them.

机会产生思想,而思想又被机会消除;任何艺术都无法保存或获得它们。

The harder something is to acquire, the more satisfying it is when you finally find it.

有些东西越难获得,当你最终找到它的时候,就会越满足。

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

酒精可能是人类最大的敌人,但圣经说要爱你的敌人。

May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

愿上帝怜悯我的敌人,因为我不会。