No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.

  • -- Erica Jong 艾瑞卡·琼

人若不作愚妄人,就永远找不到智慧。唉,作家在公众面前必须是傻瓜,而其他人可以掩盖自己的踪迹。

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I believe that in the end the abolition of war, the maintenance of world peace, the adjustment of international questions by pacific means will come through the force of public opinion, which controls nations and peoples.

我认为,通过和平手段来调整国际问题最终将通过控制各国和各国人民的舆论力量来消除战争、维护世界和平。

The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak the truth.

作家问一个人对他的作品有什么看法,这个人就会被施以酷刑,而没有义务说出真相。

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac.

一个作家要得到一个女人,只要说他是个作家就行了。它是春药。

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

任何人都不应该在私下倡导一门他羞于在公开场合承认的课程。