Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

  • -- T. S. Eliot T.S.艾略特

不成熟的诗人模仿;成熟的诗人偷窃。

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They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me.

他们说诗人主要是为自己写作;如果有人喜欢它,那很好,如果不喜欢,也没关系;当然,对我来说不是。

I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

我在写初稿,提醒自己,我只是把沙子铲进一个盒子里,这样以后我就可以建造城堡了。

Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.

每个层次的作家都会感到恐惧。焦虑伴随着他们写在纸上的第一个字和最后一个字。

And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey.

出于一种模仿我所读内容的欲望,我开始写作,就像一只聪明的猴子。

Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love.

诗人都是爱的人,他们感受伟大的真理,并把它们说出来;真理的真理就是爱。

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

世上的君王当效法神,他们的怜悯超过自己的行为。

To me all men are boy-men. I don't know any man that's actually mature.

对我来说,所有的男人都是男孩。我不认识任何成熟的男人。

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

以打棒球为生就像有行窃执照一样。

Most males do not mature, they simply grow taller.

大多数雄性并不成熟,它们只是长高了。

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

小艺术家借,大艺术家偷。