For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.

  • -- Russell Banks 罗素·班克斯

对于几乎所有选择成为作家的人来说,因为很少有作家能够从他们的工作中获得相当于一般牙医或会计师的收入。

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My parents were very permissive when it came to animals. As long as we earned the money to buy them and built whatever structure it was they were going to live in, we could have any kind of pet we wanted. They would have let us have a rhinoceros if we could have afforded it.

我父母对动物非常宽容。只要我们赚钱买了它们,建造了它们将要生活的任何结构,我们就可以拥有任何我们想要的宠物。如果我们买得起一头犀牛,他们会让我们养的。

I'm very aware of my spending, but I'm not very aware of my income. There are certain times when I speak to my accountant, or something will pop up, and I'll be like 'oh' but it's not really a frontrunner in my head.

我很清楚我的开销,但我不清楚我的收入。有些时候,当我和我的会计师交谈时,或者一些事情会突然冒出来,我就会说“哦”,但在我的脑海里,它并不是一个真正的领先者。

We've been working on a new album, which is going to come out next spring, which is very different, a change of style for us - it's going to be almost like rock music.

我们一直在制作一张新专辑,将于明年春天发行,这是非常不同的,对我们来说是一种风格的改变——它将几乎像摇滚音乐一样。

People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant.

人们总是问我,‘你小时候有趣吗?“不,我是会计。

To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.

致我生病的小伙伴们,今天我要再敲你两支全垒打。

When you have a baby, love is automatic, when you get married, love is earned.

当你有了孩子,爱是自然而然的,当你结婚,爱是挣来的。

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

写得好的人生几乎和过得好的人生一样罕见。

A mind too active is no mind at all.

过于活跃的头脑根本不是头脑。