After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That's a big one, the napping on demand!

  • -- Maria Semple 玛丽亚·塞姆普

几十年来,我一直呆在写作室里,周围都是大喊大叫的作家。我喜欢掌控自己的时间,根据自己的节奏来解决问题,还喜欢午睡。这是个大问题,按需小睡!

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In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger patterns in which it is embedded, the patterns of the same size that surround it, and the smaller patterns which are embedded in it.

简而言之,没有模式是孤立的实体。每种模式只能在其他模式支持的范围内存在:嵌入它的较大模式、与它相同大小的模式以及嵌入其中的较小模式。

It should be if you're a good singer and a good songwriter, you should have your spot. You get everybody trying to release the prettiest guy, but that doesn't mean they're the best artist. Most of the time the true artists are just normal old dudes.

如果你是一个好的歌手和作曲家,你应该有自己的位置。你让每个人都试图释放最漂亮的家伙,但这并不意味着他们是最好的艺术家。大多数时候,真正的艺术家只是普通的老家伙。

There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever before. We've never needed people to think more critically than now, and they've taken a big nap.

在这个国家,普通民众的批判性思维比以往任何时候都要少,更别提媒体了。我们从来没有像现在这样需要人们进行更批判性的思考,他们已经睡了个大觉。

I was very blessed with a good body. Never got hurt. Never was in the hospital. The only time I was in the hospital was when I would get exhausted a little bit, and go in for a check-up or something.

我很幸运有一个好身体。永远不会受伤。从来没进过医院。我在医院的唯一时间是我有点累的时候,然后去做个检查什么的。