I always used to deny this, but I guess what I'm really saying is that I was writing to shock... And I dug deep and dredged up all kinds of vile things which fascinated me at the time.

  • -- Ian McEwan 伊恩·麦克尤恩

我总是否认这一点,但我想我真正想说的是,我写作是为了震惊……我挖得很深,把当时使我着迷的各种丑恶的东西都挖了出来。

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I guess I'd like to have my cake and eat it, too. I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other hand, I would like to be versatile and be challenged to go in new directions.

我想我也想鱼与熊掌兼得。我想让别人知道我的风格。我相信拥有自己的个性会让你更有竞争力。另一方面,我想成为一个多才多艺的人,接受挑战,走向新的方向。

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues.

曾经有一段时间,我们决定是歌曲,尤其是我的背景音乐,因为我们要处理的事情,但是现在,任何有需要的人,只要能找到需要,他们就能唱蓝调。

There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of them is that I've got better as an actor. I've learnt how to do it. And I still have enough energy to do it.

在我的生活中,没有多少事情是我绝对可以自豪的,或者我肯定自己是对的,但其中之一就是我作为一名演员变得更好了。我已经学会怎么做了。我还有足够的精力去做。

If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.

如果我的衣服真的很显眼,那我想这是一种赞美,但我只穿任何感觉舒服的衣服。

Wild oats will get sown some time, and one of the arts of life is to sow them at the right time.

人生的艺术之一就是在适当的时候播种。

Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.

说到底,写作是最奇怪的反常现象:一封写给陌生人的亲密信件。

I like things that aren't superficially one thing or another.

我喜欢那些表面上不是这样或那样的东西。

Writing good ads is easy when you have something to say.

当你有话要说的时候,写好广告是很容易的。