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?

Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications.

每一位伟大的作家,甚至是每一位优秀的作家,都是按照自己的规范来改造世界的。

Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites.

性格相对的人可能会互相吸引,但我不会把钱花在经济上相对的人身上。

Television is in a different time because of reality television, so it's not as exciting.

电视因为真人秀节目而处在一个不同的时代,所以没有那么令人兴奋。

A writer has to talk about the things that go untalked about.

作家必须谈论那些未被谈论的事情。

It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.

很难把幻想和现实分开。