The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

作者自己是对自己作品的最佳评判者;没有人对这个问题进行过如此深刻的思考;没有人对这一事件如此真诚地感兴趣。

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A characteristic of older folksongs, in most cases, is that we don't know their composers or authors. Older folksongs were written often with no commercial purpose in mind. They were passed down by word of mouth, from generation to generation.

在大多数情况下,老民歌的一个特点是我们不知道它们的作曲家或作者。较老的民歌通常没有商业目的。他们是口口相传的,代代相传。

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

一个作家谈论自己的书就像一个母亲谈论自己的孩子一样糟糕。

I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.

我更喜欢亲自表演。我喜欢控制一切。你不能演电影。

Let your performance do the thinking.

让你的表现来做思考。