Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

  • -- E. L. Doctorow 达特罗

作家不只是坐下来写作的人。他们危害自己。每次你写一本书,你对自己的看法就会受到威胁。

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When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells.

当我上高中的时候,我开始对细胞化学感兴趣:显微镜下的化学分析,并试图了解细胞的组成。

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

如果你选择的职业有一些意想不到的不便之处,你可以这样安慰自己:没有哪个职业是没有它们的。

Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.

在照相前研究构图的规律,就像在散步前研究万有引力定律一样。

Make yourself look really stupid so you don't feel bad doing something a little stupid.

让自己看起来很傻,这样做一点傻事你就不会觉得不好受。

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

在一个普遍存在欺骗的时代,讲真话变成了一种革命性的行为。

That's something I do, like, all the time. I just do backflips off things.

这是我一直在做的事情。我只是做后空翻。