You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.

  • -- Carl Hiaasen 卡尔·希尔森

你可以做最好的研究,提出最有力的学术论点,但如果读者没有读完第三段,你就浪费了你的精力和宝贵的墨水。

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Honestly, I don't think I'm a good promoter. I spend almost zero time or effort asking new readers to sample or purchase my work. That's not the job of the author. We should write our best material and leave it up to readers to spread the word.

老实说,我不认为我是一个好的推广者。我几乎没有花任何时间或精力让新读者来品尝或购买我的作品。那不是作者的工作。我们应该写出最好的材料,让读者来传播。

All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.

所有的研究都表明,尽管婚姻有起有落,但到目前为止,它是让年轻人守法、让他们有目标感和自我价值感的最有效方式。

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.

知识分子与普通人不同,但只是在他性格的某些方面不同,即便如此,也并非总是如此。

I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing.

我认为知识分子就是书呆子,对历史书感兴趣,乌托邦式的想法,诸如此类。

No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band.

不。更好的研究需要。解雇你的研究人员。没有渔网长袜。从来没有。不在这个乐队里。

Don't be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it.

不要害怕犯错,你的读者可能会喜欢。