One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.

  • -- Abraham Pais 亚伯拉罕·派斯

我在战争中学到的一条绝对规则是,不知道你不需要知道的任何事情,因为一旦你被抓住,他们会把它从你身上揪出来。

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I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea how to write fiction. So I did journalism because there were rules I could learn. You can teach someone to write a news story. They might not write a great one, but you can teach that pretty easily.

我开始写作的时候,只是做一些与写作相关的小事情,而不是写作本身。我不知道怎么写小说。所以我做新闻是因为我可以学到一些规则。你可以教别人写新闻故事。他们可能写得不好,但你可以很容易地教他们。

I was never a knucklehead off the field. I was a person who abided by the rules and had been an upstanding guy you could count on, and still am.

我从来没有离开过球场。我是一个遵守规则的人,是一个你可以信赖的正直的人,现在仍然是。

The purpose of all war is peace.

一切战争的目的都是和平。

Danger has a bracing effect.

危险有振奋人心的作用。