The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs no one at all.

  • -- James Baldwin 鲍德温

作者的贪婪令人震惊。在另一种意义上,他想要,或者似乎想要,所有的东西,几乎所有的人,但同时,他不需要任何人。

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The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

我唯一适合做的就是当一名作家,而这种想法完全建立在我的怀疑之上:我永远不适合真正的工作,写作不需要任何条件。

You might think of consumption as a fairly passive activity, but buying new products and services is actually pretty risky, at least if you value your time and money.

你可能认为消费是一种相当被动的行为,但购买新产品和服务实际上是相当冒险的,至少如果你珍惜你的时间和金钱的话。

With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.

亚历山大得了癌症,我第一次因为恐惧而跪了下来。

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

做一名作家不是重点。写作。