Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

在所有的写作中,没有哪一种写作比幽默作品更容易出错,因为没有哪一种写作比幽默作品更有野心超越他人。

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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 do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.... We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

我不会坐在书桌前,把我头脑中已经清楚的东西写进诗里。如果它在我的脑海中是清晰的,我应该没有动机或需要写它……我们写作不是为了被人理解;我们写作是为了理解。

For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

对我来说,最大的障碍从来不是在冰上。这是我擅长的领域。这就是我的激情所在。我认为我们都在努力推动自己,克服我们的斗争。当我们这样做的时候,我们会更好地了解自己。

It may sound ambitious, but I really hope that modern design will spread all around the globe.

这听起来可能有点野心勃勃,但我真的希望现代设计能在全球推广。

It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.

这很有趣。在所有我有抱负的工作中,这是我从未想过的。

Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure.

在任何场合,任何种类的麻木不仁,都极大地激起了我强烈的不满。

When you exclude anything that is improbable, whatever is left, is not as hilarious.

当你排除任何不可能的事情,不管剩下什么,都不会那么好笑。

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

只有当有关人民似乎渴望和平时,干预才起作用。

I know two kinds of audiences only - one coughing, and one not coughing.

我只认识两种观众——一种咳嗽,另一种不咳嗽。

I am on the divorce detox diet. I only eat younger men.

我正在进行离婚排毒减肥。我只吃年轻人。

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.

永远努力超越,但只在周末。

Man blindly works the will of fate.

人盲目地操纵命运的意志。