If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring.

  • -- David Halberstam 大卫哈伯斯塔姆

如果你是一个记者,世界上最简单的事情就是得到一个故事。最难的是验证。以前的罪是犯了错误,这是主要的罪。新的罪是无聊。

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I don't have a story about an epiphany in which I suddenly realised I wanted to be an actor. It was much more a case of the idea dawning on me gradually.

我没有关于顿悟的故事,在顿悟中我突然意识到我想成为一名演员。这更像是我逐渐领悟到的一个想法。

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

开始挑战你自己的假设。你的假设就是你观察世界的窗口。每隔一段时间把它们擦干净,否则光线就不会进来。

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

一个爱情故事,至少是一个令人信服的爱情故事,需要三个要素——爱人、被爱的人和他们一起经历的冒险。

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

认为有些生命不那么重要的观点,是这个世界所有问题的根源。