On the trail of another man, the biographer must put up with finding himself at every turn: any biography uneasily shelters an autobiography within it.

  • -- Paul Murray Kendall 保罗·缪里·肯道尔

在追寻另一个人的道路上,传记作家必须忍受发现自己无处不在的痛苦:任何传记都不容易把自传掩藏在其中。

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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.

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。

Writing, when properly managed (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

写作,如果管理得当(你可以肯定的是,我认为我的管理得当),只是交谈的另一个名字。