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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There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war.

国与国之间总会有争端,这些争端有时会激怒公众,威胁到冲突,但最重要的是教育世界人民永远记住,解决这些争端有比战争更好的办法。

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.

作家灵魂的每一个秘密,生活的每一次经历,思想的每一种品质都写在他的作品中。

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

如果我必须给年轻作家一些建议,我会说不要听作家谈论写作或他们自己。

I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!

我不在乎公众想要什么,我要满足他们的需要!