English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to have some natural ability you can't buy it no one puts it there you're born with it.

  • -- Leon Uris 尤利斯

当然,英语是你的主要工具,但它没有写作的其他方面那么重要,例如,你必须有一些天生的能力,你不能买它,没有人把它放在那里,你生来就有它。

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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.

我从我喜欢的作家身上学到的是他们的经济能力——运用语言达到有效目的的能力。让某人阅读并看到它的能力,或者让某人用一张张文字来描绘整个视觉形象的能力——这很神奇。

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.

能讲得令人满意的人通常被认为具有与他真正拥有的能力完全不成比例的能力。