It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

同样,如果一个人不不断地努力抹去自己的个性,他就写不出任何可读的东西。好的散文就像一扇窗户。

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We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it will not be so dreadful as we feared, for, after all, we have nothing to lose.

我们这些正在下沉的中产阶级,也许无需进一步挣扎就能进入我们所属的工人阶级,或许当我们到达那里时,情况不会像我们担心的那么可怕,因为毕竟我们没有什么可失去的。

I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell on the same things over and over and I try to figure out different ways of looking at the same issue.

我有一种强迫性的性格,我确实倾向于循环思考。我一遍又一遍地思考着同样的事情,我试着用不同的方式来看待同一个问题。

I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I never read a book by anybody advising writers how to write.

我既没有专家的帮助,也没有别人的建议。我没有学习写作方面的课程;直到大约一年前,我还从未读过有人给作家写建议的书。

Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.

写作不是撒谎,也不是偷窃。这是一段旅程,在一个人的话语和灵魂之间寻找透明度。

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

我的叔叔阿姨们不仅没有读过我的书,而且几乎不相信我是一个作家。

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

有个性的人能形成理想,但只有有个性的人才能实现理想。

Some books claiming to be exhaustive are only exhausting to read.

有些自称详尽无遗的书读起来只会让人筋疲力尽。

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

我想每个人都在为自爱而挣扎。