Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is essential. I always have music on when I'm doing well. Writing and music are two different mediums, but musical phrases can give you sentences that you didn't think you ever had.

  • -- Barry Hannah 巴里·汉纳

有些作家出奇地不懂音乐。我不明白。我不明白。对我来说,音乐是必不可少的。我做得好的时候总是放着音乐。写作和音乐是两种不同的媒介,但是音乐短语可以给你带来你从未想过的句子。

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The e-book does seem at the moment to threaten the livelihood of writers, because the way in which writers are paid for their work in the form of e-books is very much up in the air.

目前,电子书似乎确实威胁到了作家的生计,因为作家以电子书的形式获得报酬的方式还悬而未决。

Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.

也许两百万年以前,某个遥远星系的某个星球上的生物面临着一场音乐危机,就像我们地球上的作曲家今天所面临的一样。

I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.

我已经告诉过几位作家这一点,并且,再一次,我回到它,但如果你想让上帝微笑,告诉他你的计划。

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

朋克的定义是一种态度,而不是一种音乐风格。