A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't as smart as they are, or that you have to dumb down what you would normally write for kids. But I think you have to work harder when you write for kids, to make sure every word is right, that it's there for the right reason.

  • -- Brian Selznick 布赖恩·塞尔兹尼克

很多不为孩子们写作的人认为这很简单,因为他们认为孩子们没有他们那么聪明,或者你必须简化你通常为孩子们写的东西。但我认为,当你为孩子们写作时,你必须更加努力,确保每一个字都是正确的,都是为了正确的理由而写的。

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Listen, here's the thing about an English degree - if you sat somebody down and asked them to make a list of the writers they admire over the last hundred years, see how many of them got a degree in English.

听着,关于英语学位的事情是这样的——如果你让某人坐下来,让他们列出他们过去一百年来崇拜的作家的名单,看看他们中有多少人获得了英语学位。

In Europe they call geeks 'smart people,' and frankly I think we live in a culture that doesn't value intelligence enough; so I am very proud in saying that I am a geek.

在欧洲,人们称极客为“聪明人”,坦率地说,我认为我们生活在一种不够重视智力的文化中;所以我很自豪地说我是一个极客。

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?

毕竟,归根结底,有多少人即使说同一种语言,也会说同一种语言?

Smart is when you believe half of what you hear. Brilliant is when you know which half.

聪明是当你相信你听到的一半。聪明是当你知道哪一半。