I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.

  • -- William Styron 威廉·史泰隆

当我做得很好的时候,我有一种很好的温暖的感觉,但是这种快乐被每天开始的痛苦抵消了。让我们面对现实吧,写作是地狱。

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It has never been a question of who forgets. But sometimes, there's a definite pain on being the only one who remembers everything.

谁会忘记从来都不是问题。但有时候,成为唯一一个记得所有事情的人,肯定会有痛苦。

When an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate them by his best.

当一个作家还活着的时候,我们通过他最差的作品来评价他的力量;当他死后,我们用他最好的方式来评价他。

It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do.

这是一种与生俱来的音乐——我可以拿起吉他弹点什么。这不是我有意识做的事情。

Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.

爱是无论何时何地,只要你们不在一起,我都会想念一个人,但不知何故,内心却感到温暖,因为你们心心相印。

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

原创性是一种艺术,它能记住你听到的东西,却忘记你在哪里听到的。

I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story.

我是个差劲的记者。我从来不可能客观。有时候我编造了整个故事。

Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.

写作就像一项身体接触的运动,就像足球。你可能会受伤,但你很享受。

Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.

如果你恰好为永恒的虚无而打扮,那它就很好。

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

有痛苦,就没有言语。所有的痛苦都是一样的。

I love a warm bath at the end of a day.

我喜欢在一天结束时洗个热水澡。