Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There is obviously no rule about this, except that anything that you suspect of being a cliche undoubtedly is one and had better be removed.

  • -- Wolcott Gibbs 沃尔科特·吉布斯

我们的作家满是陈词滥调,就像旧谷仓里满是蝙蝠一样。这显然没有什么规则,除非你怀疑的任何陈词滥调毫无疑问是一个,最好删除。

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When I sat down to write I just felt like a geek writing about myself. And then it dawned on me, just because of the way I am, I can't stop talking, and part of the problem is that anything that gets said reminds me of something that happened to me one time, and invariably I cut people off and talk about myself.

当我坐下来写作时,我感觉自己就像一个写自己的极客。然后我醒悟过来,就因为我现在的样子,我不能停止说话,部分原因是,我说的任何话都会让我想起曾经发生在我身上的事情,我总是打断别人,谈论我自己。

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

一个作家能做的最有独创性的事情就是像他自己一样写作。这也是他最困难的任务。