I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.

  • -- Augusten Burroughs 奥古斯丁·巴勒斯

我总是做最坏的打算。我准备出版这本书,卖出七本,还要继续在广告业工作,所以这本书受到如此多的读者的欢迎,这真是太棒了。

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There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.

不与动物和儿童打交道是有问题的——我不认为这是真的。尽管你不应该和驴子一起工作。

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.

一本文笔优美的书就像一张魔毯,把我们带到一个我们无法以任何其他方式进入的世界。

Right now, I'm working with Super Bakery and we manufacture nutritional donuts called Super Donuts.

现在,我和超级面包房合作,我们生产营养甜甜圈,叫做超级甜甜圈。

If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.

如果有人在杂志或书中读到一个故事,不同的图片会在他们的脑海中竞争。

I feel like everything i say comes out wrong.

我觉得我说的每句话都是错的。

Maturity comes with experience not age.

成熟来自经验而不是年龄。