I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.

  • -- Vikas Swarup 维卡斯·斯瓦卢普

我是世界上最幸运的小说家。我是第一次写小说,没有被退稿单淹没,手稿也没有消失在烂泥堆里。我度过了一段美好的时光。

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As actors, we deal with rejection so much more than any other business. So I don't care how much of a genius you are, if you don't have the propensity to be able to get back up every time you get knocked down, then you're not going to survive.

作为演员,我们处理拒绝比处理其他任何事情都要多。所以我不在乎你有多天才,如果你没有在每次被打倒的时候都能站起来的倾向,那么你就活不下去了。

I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting behind-the-scenes stories that nobody can get behind-the-scenes stories.

我会走进一个房间,消失在木制品中。现在房间里挤满了报道幕后故事的记者,没有人能知道幕后故事。

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

我们最大的弱点在于放弃。成功最确定的方法就是再试一次。

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

永远不要因为需要时间就放弃梦想。时间总会过去的。

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

我把拒绝看作是有人在我耳边吹响号角,唤醒我,让我继续前进,而不是退缩。

Wherever art appears, life disappears.

艺术在哪里出现,生命就在哪里消失。