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 don't remember a time when I wasn't acting. I have taken time off to figure out if it's what I really want to do, and it is. The only other job I'd want is to be a psychologist, as I spend most of my time analyzing people and emotions.

我不记得我什么时候不演戏了。我已经抽出时间去弄清楚这是否是我真正想做的,而且确实是。我唯一想做的另一份工作就是成为一名心理学家,因为我的大部分时间都花在分析人和情感上。

It takes a real soldier to stay in the music industry and live off the things that have been put before me and be able to survive all this time because it has not been easy.

只有真正的军人才能留在音乐行业,依靠摆在我面前的东西生活,并且能够一直生存下去,因为这并不容易。

I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.

我相信黑人的鲜血是有价值的,而且对我是有好处的——尽管它有时使我的一生蒙受巨大的耻辱和悲伤。

If you play your cards right things are going to happen in the long run. In the short run, it is anybody's guess.

如果你的牌打对了,从长远来看,事情就会发生。短期内,谁都说不准。

The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation. I can't contrive a song.

歌曲的实际创作通常是以实现的形式出现的。我想不出一首歌来。

Good things come to those who wait. Or those who are willing to get up and get shit done.

好事常发生在耐心等待的人身上。或者那些愿意起床把事情做完的人。

Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.

写作是我们祖先的良知、顾虑和耕作。

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm a helluva kisser.

我想我想说的是,我是个接吻高手。