I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.

  • -- Thornton Wilder 桑顿·怀尔德

我深信,除了少数特殊的情况外,不幸童年的某种形式或另一种形式,对特殊天赋的形成至关重要。

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I'm aware of what kids like because I'm constantly in touch with them. Also, they say that a lot of people who write for children can remember their own childhoods vividly and I can remember my childhood very vividly.

我知道孩子们喜欢什么,因为我经常和他们联系。而且,他们说,很多为孩子们写作的人能生动地回忆起他们自己的童年,我也能生动地回忆起我的童年。

I worked with such concentration and focus and I had hundreds of obscure engineering or programming things in my head. I was just real exceptional in that way.

我非常专注地工作,脑子里有数百个模糊的工程或编程的东西。在这方面我真的很特别。

I'd like my records to reach as many people as possible, but I'm also thinking in terms of how I can keep from getting jaded or unhappy with the process.

我希望我的记录能接触到尽可能多的人,但我也在考虑如何避免对这个过程感到厌倦或不满意。

Dear whoever is reading this, you’re beautiful and someone out there is crazy about you. So smile. Life is too short to be unhappy.

亲爱的读者,你很漂亮,有人为你疯狂。所以微笑。人生苦短,何苦无乐。

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

我想不出在童年时期有什么比需要父亲的保护更强烈的需要了。

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

公众非常宽容。它宽恕一切,除了天才。

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.

除了从已知到未知,人什么也学不到。