I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it.

  • -- Chaim Potok 小说家波图克

我认为写作最难的部分是修改。我的意思是这样的:小说家必须先创作出一块大理石,然后再把它凿开,才能找到大理石中的人物。

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Send it to someone who can publish it. And if they won't publish it, send it to someone else who can publish it! And keep sending it! Of course, if no one will publish it, at that point you might want to think about doing something other than writing.

把它发给能发表它的人。如果他们不愿意发表,就把它发送给其他能够发表它的人!继续发送!当然,如果没有人愿意发表它,那时你可能会想做些写作以外的事情。

I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair.

我一直是个自由主义者。把每个人单独留下。让其他人做他们想做的。别理别人的头发。

When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.

当我上大学时,我参加了一个创意写作班,并在一周内决定成为一名作家。

I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music.

我的意思是,有很多理由可以抗议,但你不能通过音乐来抗议。