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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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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。

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Acting was always there, it's true. But for a long time, in my teenage years, I wasn't sure about it - not because I didn't like it, but I didn't want people to think I hadn't earned it.

演戏一直都在，这是真的。但在很长一段时间里，在我十几岁的时候，我对此并不确定——不是因为我不喜欢它，而是我不想让人们认为我没有得到它。

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Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

如果我们仅仅遵循祖辈们所熟知的原则，没有十分之一的商界人士能做得那么好。

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I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.

我几乎从不试图让观众感到舒服。如果我在观众席上，我可不想那样。

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Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

我不知道自己有多精明，但我小时候确实想成为一名记者。

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You can almost taste the pressure now.

你现在几乎可以感觉到压力了。

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