Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time.

  • -- Robert Graves 罗伯特·格雷夫斯

永远不要用“听众”这个词。“除非诗人是为了钱而写作,否则公众的想法在我看来就是错误的。诗人没有“听众”。他们一直在和一个人说话。

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I'm trying to build a strong business. I want to create new stars, new shows and new products for my audience and create a legacy that outlives me. There are so many other ways I want to reach women besides doing a talk show.

我想建立一个强大的企业。我想为我的观众创造新的明星、新的节目和新的产品,创造比我更有生命力的遗产。除了做脱口秀,我还想通过很多其他方式接触女性。

Because it's no longer enough to be a decent person. It's no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself.

因为仅仅做一个正派的人是不够的。听到这个消息,我们仅仅摇头和做个关心的鬼脸是不够的。真正开明的行动主义是唯一能拯救人类自身的东西。

And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.

本周,我提议立法加强我们的公开档案法,让公众更安全、更快、更全面地访问我们的公开档案。

I guess there is also an element of deliberate change involved. Each of my books has been, at least from my point of view, radically different from the last.

我想这其中也包含了刻意改变的因素。至少在我看来,我的每一本书都与上一本书截然不同。

In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relives you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

在人生的游戏中,提前输掉几场比赛是个好主意,这能让你从保持不败的压力中解脱出来。

I always said to myself that the minute I thought I'd slipped, and not be the player I wanted to be, it was time for me to go.

我总是对自己说,当我觉得自己滑倒了,不能成为我想成为的球员的那一刻,就是我离开的时候了。

Of him who eats the sultan's broth, the lips will be scalded, should it be even at a very distant time.

吃苏丹汤的人,即使在很遥远的时间,嘴唇也会被烫伤。

You as an audience can look at these things as films, but I remember them as social experiences.

作为观众,你可以把这些东西看成电影,但我记得它们是社会经验。

Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.

写作和旅行开阔你的视野,如果不是你的思维,我喜欢站着写作。

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.

我们知道一个人在想什么,不是当他告诉我们他在想什么,而是通过他的行动。

A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams.

诗人应该在他的文章中留下痕迹,而不是证据。只有痕迹才会产生梦。

You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to.

如果你愿意,你当然可以保持低调。

We write by the light of every story we have ever read.

我们根据读过的每一个故事来写作。

Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.

女人不知道男人有多恨她们。