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。

相关名言

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives.

但它也变成了一种经历,或者说,被这种幽默所吸引的作家的经历。他们都是来自于自己生活中同样经历的男人或女人。

A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that.

我去的很多地方都很危险,像特拉维夫或里约热内卢,但这从来没有阻止我去那里表演。我有很好的安全感。我不担心这个。

I'm the kind of a player who, if you give me something good to hit, I'm going to swing at it. Otherwise, there's nothing else you can do.

我是那种球员,如果你给我一些好的击球点,我就会挥棒。否则,你就别无他法了。

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.

我一直很喜欢科幻小说。我认为最聪明的作家是处理重大事件的科幻小说作家。

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

如果我的医生告诉我只有六分钟的生命,我不会沉思。我会打字快一点。

The best way for me to procrastinate as a writer is research.

对我来说,作为一个作家,拖延的最好方法就是研究。