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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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 spawned by some pretty good people in this business - Mr. Astaire, Mr. Tracy. They stopped and took their time to talk to people.

我是由这个行业的一些非常优秀的人培养出来的——阿斯泰尔先生,特雷西先生。他们停下来,慢慢地和人们交谈。

Once you have power, you are inevitably surrounded by people who have their own agendas and will tell you whatever advances them.

一旦你拥有了权力,你不可避免地会被一些人包围,他们有自己的计划,会告诉你他们的任何进展。

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.

我不觉得自己老了。直到中午我才感觉到任何东西。那就是我该午睡的时候了。

The absurdist stuff wasn't terribly popular at the time I was doing it.

那些荒诞主义的东西在我做的时候并不受欢迎。

You can be surrounded by people and still be lonely.

你可以被人包围,但仍然感到孤独。