I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

  • -- Tennessee Williams 田纳西威廉斯

我总是被消极的东西所推动。一个剧本的明显失败让我在评论出来的那天晚上回到了打字机前。比起我是否成功,我更有必要回去工作。

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I turned down a scholarship to Yale. The problem with college is that there's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful.

我拒绝了耶鲁大学的奖学金。大学教育的问题在于,人们往往会把准备工作错当成是提高工作效率。你可以准备你想要的一切,但如果你不掷骰子,你永远不会成功。

If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.

如果今天妇女们都起来要求解放,男人就会被迫同意。

Getting what you go after is called success, but liking it while you are getting it is called happiness.

得到你追求的东西叫做成功,但是当你得到它的时候喜欢它叫做幸福。

I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I'm pushed.

我倾向于做一个懒惰的演员,除非我有压力。