I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were.

  • -- Cab Calloway 卡布·卡洛维

我想那只是一场歌剧。现在,你去看歌剧,你希望看到和听到歌剧是什么。所以,这是鲶鱼排。这是歌手。不可思议的声音。它们是什么颜色都没有关系。

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I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime what has happened. I knew it would happen some day, but it came along faster than I at first thought.

我过去常常想,要是能到行星上去看看该有多好。当然,我没有料到在我有生之年会发生什么。我知道它总有一天会发生,但它来得比我最初想的要快。

I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.

我总是很欣赏别人的观点,但有时我不得不退一步想想我为什么要写作,我想用它做什么。屏蔽这些声音很困难,但这对我有好处。

When I write, I'm constantly putting myself in the position of someone else as I write using myriad voices; I think that's a life skill all people should learn.

当我写作时,我不断地把自己放在别人的位置上,用无数的声音写作;我认为这是所有人都应该学习的生活技能。

Obviously I wouldn't have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really believe that. It's been a marvelous and important experience.

显然,在三四年前,我是不会这么说的。但我真的相信。这是一次奇妙而重要的经历。

We became spear carriers in a great televised opera. We were props in a show. I always felt we should have joined Actors Equity.

我们成了一部伟大的电视歌剧里的长矛手。我们是一场表演的道具。我一直觉得我们应该加入演员公平。

I wasn't cut out to be an opera singer, but it was a nice fantasy for a teenager growing up in Hungary during the Stalinist era.

我天生就不是当歌剧演员的料,但对一个在斯大林时代的匈牙利长大的青少年来说,这是一个美好的梦想。

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

大师能告诉你他对你的期望。然而,老师会唤醒你自己的期望。

You look marvelous!

你看起来不可思议的!