Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles.

偏离一英寸,失去一千英里。

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You never know if you're a writer. You can't trust it. If you woke up and said, 'I'm a writer,' it would be gone. You wouldn't see anything for miles - even the dust would be running away.

你永远不知道自己是否是一名作家。你不能相信它。如果你醒来后说,‘我是个作家’,它就会消失。几英里之内你什么也看不到——甚至连灰尘都跑掉了。

Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles off the mark.

开始时误差一英寸,结束时误差一千英里。