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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I work every day - or at least I force myself into office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it.

我每天都在工作——或者至少我强迫自己进入办公室或房间。我可能一事无成,但你不投入时间就不会得到奖金。三个月内可能什么都没有,但没有它,你就赚不到第四笔钱。

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.

如果你想成为一名读者,那就去读书;如果是作家,那就写作。