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Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.

  • -- Edward Albee 爱德华·阿尔比

好的作家定义现实;坏的只是重述它。一个好的作家能把事实变成真理;一个糟糕的作家往往会适得其反。

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Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?

每个人都投下阴影;不仅是他的身体，还有他那不完全融合的精神。这是他的悲伤。任凭他往哪个方向转，日头就向哪个方向落;中午短，晚上长。你没见过吗?

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Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested in telling about it.

人类对两件事感兴趣。他们对现实感兴趣，也对讲述现实感兴趣。

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Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.

现实比梦境更美好:如果某件事是真的，那么它就是真的，你没有错。

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And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

而信仰的态度则与执着于信仰、执着于坚持恰恰相反。

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Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.

虽然我写剧本，但我不认为我是一个很好的作家。

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Every writer is a writer of the generation before.

每个作家都是上一代人的作家。

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