You are either born a writer or you are not.

  • -- Cormac McCarthy 麦卡锡

你不是天生就是作家。

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Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is not doing its job if everybody agrees with what it does.

通常,如果没有人讨厌一块,也没有人喜欢它;如果每个人都同意一本杂志所做的事情,那么它设定的激发思考的目标并没有发挥作用。

At the moment, I'm toying with a new idea for a book, but fully engaged with writing screenplays, so the book idea - which needs empty space in my head - is barely formed yet.

目前,我正在考虑写一本书的新想法,但我正忙于写剧本,所以我的书的想法——需要在我的脑海中留下空白——还没有形成。

The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgement free.

作者的主要关注点是真实性;因此,他必须保持思想和判断自由。

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.

一个人不能爱一棵修剪过的植物,那么他要么做得不好,要么缺乏感情。

Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.

不要试着想象大量的观众。没有这样的读者——每个读者都是不同的人。

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

作家不是糖果商、化妆品经销商或艺人。