An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

  • -- Irwin Shaw 欧文·肖

一个作家的写作技巧中,一个绝对必要的部分,几乎和他的才能一样必要,就是在惩罚下站起来的能力,不管是这个世界给他的惩罚,还是他对自己施加的惩罚。

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In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience.

在这项工作中,我遭到了一些人的反对,他们只主张无法实现的东西,因为立即可能的东西超出了他们的道德勇气、行政能力和政治远见。

Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.

社会作为一个整体从一种所有人,不论种族或性别,都有机会获得尊重、责任、晋升和基于能力的薪酬的气氛中获益无穷。

We knew Notre Dame was coming out to make plays. They have a ton of talent [but] we always talk about our next play [being] the most important.

我们知道圣母大学要出来演出了。他们有很多天赋,但我们总是说下一场比赛是最重要的。

Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.

无论我有什么天赋,我相信这对我的父母都有帮助,我在演员、喜剧演员和导演的陪伴下长大。

Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement.

撇开史密斯和卡洛斯不谈,我反对利用奥林匹克奖来发表政治声明。

Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.

写下你所关心的。如果你这样做了,你就最有可能写出最好的作品。