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 was a fine day. It is a tough enough golf course that you can get back into it with a good round...For the most part I gave myself a lot of good birdie putts.

那天天气很好。这是一个足够强硬的高尔夫球场,你可以回到它与一个良好的回合…在很大程度上,我给自己打了很多漂亮的小鸟球。

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。

I'm privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters.

我有特权,因为我有很多自由。我想用它为我们的女儿创造一个尽可能温暖和正常的生活。

If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.

如果你不想和他们打交道,没关系。但不要妨碍别人和他们打交道。

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

可怕的不是死亡或痛苦,而是对痛苦或死亡的恐惧。

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.

你不能以一种与你看待自己不一致的方式行事。

Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.

写作和讲故事几乎是一样的,我是这么做的。

Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.

是的,很难写。但不这么做更难。

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。

The beautiful uncut hair of graves.

坟墓里美丽的未剪掉的头发。