Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

  • -- William Shatner 威廉·沙特纳

写作确实是一门创造性的艺术——把文字写在一张白纸上,以一个充满人物和情节的完整故事结尾。

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And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.

大约两年后,我意识到,创造性写作并不能帮助你通过那些生物测试。所以我转向了新闻业。我没有以优异的成绩毕业,但我按时毕业了,而且还做了一些成绩。

I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.

我写得快。但是我需要一段时间才能开始。对我来说,了解整个情节非常重要。我必须先看结局,因为我喜欢最后的惊喜。这就是为什么我让角色和情节在我的脑海中浮现。

Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They feel like plot devices or cliches or stereotypes.

通常情况下,你读剧本——我读了很多——而角色却不像人。他们感觉就像情节设置、陈词滥调或刻板印象。

If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.

如果你生活在舞蹈精英的世界里,你会发现自己生活在一个充满种族歧视的世界里。让我们面对现实吧。

In baseball you have terrific data and you can be a lot more creative with it.

在棒球运动中,你有很棒的数据,你可以更有创造力。