Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.

  • -- Raymond Chandler 雷蒙德·钱德勒

一个作家对小说艺术或工艺的了解,只会使他对写作的需要或欲望减少一点点。最后他知道了所有的诀窍,却无话可说。

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The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.

恐怖迷和科幻迷之间的主要区别在于他们不会后退。恐怖迷不会后退,因为他知道自己会被疯子刺伤。科幻迷不会后退,因为他知道自己会踩到猫。

Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.

在我的职业生涯中,写作和表演一样重要,无论是在经济上还是时间上。所以,是的,我喜欢它。这就是我年轻时想做的一切,当一名作家。所以那和表演是我职业生涯中最重要的两个方面。

And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very deeply at a situation, unlike in real life when we just kind of snap something out.

写小说的好处是,你可以慢慢来,有时花九年的时间和角色坐在一起,深入地观察一个场景,不像在现实生活中,我们只是简单地拍出一些东西。

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate.

一种欲望在心中升起。它立刻满足于另一个到来。在分离两种欲望的间隙里,一种完全平静的心境支配着我们的心灵。在这一刻,它从所有的思想、爱或恨中解脱出来。

Everything we did, we did live - and then Bobby took it home and chopped it up and edited it. Which is pretty much what they did with every jazz record you've ever heard.

我们做的每一件事都是现场直播的——然后鲍比把它带回家,把它切碎,然后进行编辑。你听过的每一张爵士唱片都是如此。

Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.

住在航天飞机里有点像露营。我们最后睡在座位上。你必须注意打扫卫生,不要把东西弄得太脏。

If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.

如果你不能忍受一点点牺牲,你不能忍受用有限的水穿越沙漠,我们就永远无法把这个国家理顺。

Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook.

学生们需要学习如何批判性地思考,如何争论对立的观点。对他们来说,学会如何思考是很重要的。你总是可以做饭的。

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.

青春可以原谅一切,却什么也不能原谅自己;年龄可以原谅一切,却什么也不能原谅自己。

I am telling you what I know -- words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.

我告诉你我所知道的——文字是有音乐的,如果你是一个音乐家,你会写歌来听。

So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.

作家也必须如此,他的作品应该与粗俗的人一起,具有粗俗的风格。

That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things.

这也是女性结婚的部分原因——为了保持处于事物中心的假象。

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.

我真的开始写音乐来挑战自己,看看我能写些什么。

Just because someone tells you they love you doesn’t mean they actually do.

有人告诉你他们爱你,并不代表他们真的爱你。

I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.

我在这里是因为我所写的。显然,我必须知道一些事情。

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

如果你想做个好人,首先要相信自己是邪恶的。

If all men were just, there would be no need of valour.

如果所有的人都是正义的,就不需要勇敢。

I just want to be more regular.

我只是想更有规律。