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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

  • -- Ring Lardner 拉德纳

许多年轻的作家会犯这样的错误，把一个贴好邮票、写好地址的信封放在信封里，信封足够大，可以把手稿寄回来。这对编辑来说诱惑太大了。

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I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

我遇到过很多人，他们说自己写了一本书，但一个字也没写。要成为一名作家——我意识到这似乎有些老套——你必须真正地写作。

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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

我的母校是书，一个很好的图书馆……我可以用我的余生来阅读，满足我的好奇心。

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That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.

那位作家做得最多，他给读者的知识最多，花的时间最少。

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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

如果你一直说事情会变糟，你就有很好的机会成为先知。

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No writer can really sustain two huge - I hate the word 'franchises.'

没有哪位作家能真正维持两大出版商的经营——我讨厌“专营权”这个词。

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The one who pulls the puppet strings knows fairytales can heal.

拉木偶线的人知道童话故事可以治愈。

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