Writing is a difficult thing.

  • -- Scott Thompson 斯科特·汤普森

写作是一件困难的事。

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I have likened writing a novel to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture - which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along.

我把写小说比作一场旅行,带着一些我将要到达的目的地的概念,但不是整个画面——随着旅程的进行,它会逐渐显现为一系列的启示。

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time.

永远不要用“听众”这个词。“除非诗人是为了钱而写作,否则公众的想法在我看来就是错误的。诗人没有“听众”。他们一直在和一个人说话。

If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.

纵观历史,当涉及到最棘手的问题时,我们在国会所做的所有伟大工作都是围绕着妥协达成的。

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage.

彼得是一位老朋友。我很伤心,但他也是个硬汉。我指望他能度过这段非常艰难的时期。