The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace - you spend all your time trying to make sure that the reader's going to finish what you're writing.

  • -- Carl Hiaasen 卡尔·希尔森

在报业工作的一生教会你的一件事就是节奏——你把所有的时间都花在确保读者能完成你所写的东西上。

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As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time, that doesn't work for me. I'd just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh.

虽然我很想成为一个参加派对,喝两杯酒,玩得很开心的人,但这对我来说并不适用。我宁愿坐在家里读书,或者和某人一起出去吃饭,或者和我爱的人聊天,或者和能让我开怀大笑的人聊天。

Webster and I are very aloof. The two of us go and sit there by ourselves. I sit by myself in the corner with my book and the newspaper. He kind of runs around a little bit, and then he goes and sits on top of the picnic table. He never plays with other little dogs.

韦伯斯特和我都很冷漠。我们俩一个人去那儿坐着。我一个人坐在角落里,手里拿着书和报纸。他有点跑动,然后他走过去坐在野餐桌上。他从不和其他小狗玩耍。

We live in a funny time. If you don't go corporate, you can't compete. You're relegated as irrelevant. People used to admire that.

我们生活在一个有趣的时代。如果你不去企业,你就无法竞争。你被贬为无关紧要的人。人们过去很欣赏这一点。

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

把这些感叹号都删掉。感叹号就像在为自己的笑话发笑。

A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.

一份好的报纸永远不够好,但一份糟糕的报纸永远是一种乐趣。

Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.

每个人都有一本书在里面,但在大多数情况下,它应该放在那里。