I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation.

  • -- Tom Stoppard 汤姆·斯托帕德

我写剧本是因为写对话是唯一一种体面的自相矛盾的方式。我提出一个立场,反驳它,反驳反驳,再反驳反驳。

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The best way to study is to go to the Cecchetti method for about a year and draw onto all the highest points and then put that into the general method.

最好的学习方法是用切凯蒂法,用一年的时间把所有的最高点都画出来,然后放到一般方法中。

The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.

最平凡的文字,一旦投入使用,就会突然获得光辉。这就是你的形象必须闪耀的光辉。

This story was a story of our time. And a writer's attempts not to fathom his time amount but to sounding his mind in it.

这个故事是我们这个时代的故事。而一个作家的尝试不是去揣摩他的时间,而是在时间里探询他的思想。

I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself.

我不把我的写作生涯作为获得表演工作或为自己写角色的工具。