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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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I just want to be more regular.

我只是想更有规律。

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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.

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