I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

  • -- Gil Scott-Heron 吉尔·斯科特·赫伦

当我教书的时候,我是一个更好的作家。我不断地复习基础知识,不断地提醒自己,就像我提醒我的学生一样,是什么造就了一个好故事,一首好诗。

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I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.

我认为在我们这个时代,我们得到的很多信息都是预极化的。小说有一种方式提醒我们,我们实际上在情感、神经、欲望和恐惧方面是非常相似的,所以我认为这是一种很好的方式来消除这种两极分化。

The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks.

这样做的好处是,在花大量时间写初稿之前,你就能发现故事的缺陷,而且你几乎不可能在一个困难的章节卡住,因为你已经做了很多工作来克服这些障碍。

I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.

我必须不断提醒自己:如果你把你的生命献给上帝,他不会给你幸福,一切都会好的。但他确实承诺给你和平。即使在糟糕的情况下,你也可以拥有平静和快乐。

I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.

我从来没有讲过我被监禁的受害者的故事。相反,我讲述了一个转变的故事——关于监狱如何改变了我的看法,关于我如何看待沟通、真相和信任是权力的核心。