The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

  • -- Russell Baker 拉塞尔·贝克

我唯一适合做的就是当一名作家,而这种想法完全建立在我的怀疑之上:我永远不适合真正的工作,写作不需要任何条件。

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We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Flea's garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians.

我们总是觉得写歌很有创意。我们一起写;我们只是进入一个房间,或者偶尔进入跳蚤的车库。我们只是即兴创作,就像爵士音乐家一样。

A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.

严肃的作家不应与严肃的作家混为一谈。一个严肃的作家可能是一只鹰,一只秃鹰,甚至一只罂粟花,但一个严肃的作家总是一只血腥的猫头鹰。

I was into comics because these were my real male role models, even though at the time, I didn't know it.

我对漫画很感兴趣,因为它们是我真正的男性榜样,尽管当时我并不知道。

I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.

我是一个很有常识的人,抓住了很多好的机会,非常非常幸运。

A great book is a thing of mystery and beauty; it has the power to move you.

一本好书是一种神秘而美丽的东西;它有力量感动你。

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

作家应该用眼睛写作,画家应该用耳朵作画。