I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows out of my having invented myself as a listener so that I could hear her voice.

  • -- Russell Banks 罗素·班克斯

我不想让它变得那么自觉或做作,但它真的是我把自己变成了一个倾听者,这样我就能听到她的声音。

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I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?

我有两本书是很久以前出版的。我开始读大约三句话。我得把它关上。我太难为情了。我以为我是谁?

It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs.

发明了像讽刺这样具有革命性的东西,却被业余人士滥用,这实在令人恼火。

We are all very individual. You have to find out what you can do best, and be self-conscious about that.

我们都很独立。你必须找出你能做得最好的,并为此感到难为情。

It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.

这是基因决定的,因为我哥哥是记者,我父亲是体育作家。

On the radio I listen to the easy-listening stations, the jazz stations.

我在收音机里收听轻松电台,爵士乐电台。

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

如果一个六月的夜晚可以说话,它可能会自夸它创造了浪漫。

I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.

我几年前才加入甲壳虫乐队,你知道,我喜欢它。

I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.

我天生沉默寡言,成了一个沉默而专注的倾听者。