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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Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.

写小说使我对人的一生中未知的东西产生了一种持久的敬意，让我有了一种去哪里寻找线索、如何追随、如何联系的感觉，在错综复杂的世界中找到一条清晰的线。

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You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport.

你需要至少六七年的时间来理解空手道的哲学和专注，知道如何净化你的精神，把你的身心投入到这项运动中去。

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The Band was always famous for its retirements; we'd go and play and get a little petty cash together, and then not see each other till it was time to fill our pockets up again.

这支乐队一向以退休而闻名;我们一起去玩吧，弄点儿零用现金，然后等到口袋里又装满东西的时候再见面。

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Now I know that that is just the phenomena of eating this way. Most all of my letters say I hit a plateau and then one morning I woke up and the melt had happened.

现在我知道这只是吃这种食物的现象。我的大多数信件都说我遇到了一个高原，然后有一天早上我醒来，融化发生了。

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The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.

一本书好的部分可能只是一个作家偶然听到的，也可能是他整个该死的生活的毁灭，而其中的一部分和另一部分一样好。

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You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

你不需要真正的现代化才能完全和完整地存在。你需要现代和传统的结合。

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Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people.

对于那些永远害怕无名威胁的人来说，写作是一种很好的治疗方法。紧张不安的人。

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I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.

我不能说我写作有任何社会目标。一个人写作是因为他热爱写作，真的。

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It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.

聪明其实很简单。想一些愚蠢的话，然后说相反的话。

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The little dance your thumbs do when you aren't sure how to reply to a text.

当你不确定如何回复一条短信时，你的拇指会跳舞。

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When I cry about one thing, I end up crying about everything that's wrong.

当我为一件事哭泣时，我最终会为所有的错误而哭泣。

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I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly.

我只知道自己在想什么，我想把它表达清楚。

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One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer.

有一件事我可以告诉你，我不是一个有条理的作家。

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It's always nice being wanted. Even if it's by the wrong person.

被需要总是好的。即使它是由错误的人。

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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

改变的需要在我的脑海中铺开了一条路。

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Write from the heart, edit from the head.

用心去写，用心去编辑。

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All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

灵魂所渴望的一切，都能得到。

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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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