The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.

  • -- Ernest Hemingway 欧内斯特·海明威

对于一个好的作家来说,最重要的礼物就是一个内置的防震狗屎探测器。这是作家的雷达,所有伟大的作家都有。

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I can write better than anyone who can write faster, and I can write faster than anyone who can write better.

我能写得比任何人都快,我也能写得比任何人都快。

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

把你的作文通读一遍,当你遇到一篇你认为特别好的文章时,把它删掉。

Journalism allows it's readers to witness history. Fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.

新闻让读者见证历史。小说给读者提供了一个生活的机会。

There's something intimidating, yet exciting about a blank page.

空白页有些吓人,但又令人兴奋。