If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate.

  • -- John Ciardi 约翰·西阿迪

如果一个人认真对待他的写作,他一定要把它写好。但是他怎么能写得好,直到他学会看他写得不好。他在写作上的进步,以及对糟糕作品的认知,必然会以同样的速度展开。

相关名言

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth the publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to get sensible men to read it.

作家有三个困难:写任何值得出版的东西,找到诚实的人出版它,让明智的人读它。

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.

作家写一本书是为了忘记一本书,而读者读一本书是为了记住它。