Words are contact with other beings. I see a word that says something I've noticed, seen, felt, obserevd, and I capture it; "I need that word!"

  • -- Vanna Bonta 范娜·邦塔

语言是与其他生命的联系。我看到一个词,它说的是我注意到的、看到的、感觉到的、观察到的东西,我把它捕捉下来;“我需要那个词!”

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Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time.

永远不要用“听众”这个词。“除非诗人是为了钱而写作,否则公众的想法在我看来就是错误的。诗人没有“听众”。他们一直在和一个人说话。

A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.

严肃的作家不应与严肃的作家混为一谈。一个严肃的作家可能是一只鹰,一只秃鹰,甚至一只罂粟花,但一个严肃的作家总是一只血腥的猫头鹰。

Words are good for saying what things are, but sometimes they don't function for what things aren't.

语言可以很好地表达事物的本来面目,但有时却不能表达事物的本来面目。

The material's out there, a calm lake waiting for us to dive in.

物质就在那里,一个平静的湖等着我们潜入。

When will i ever learn from the words in my songs.

我什么时候才能从我歌里的歌词中学到东西呢?

The head writer loves that my character is a boor.

主笔喜欢我的角色是个乡巴佬。