In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

  • -- Sydney Smith 史密斯

写作时,一般来说,把你写的每一个字都用笔写一遍;你不知道它会给你的风格带来多大的活力。

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Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment.

习惯上,我可能会把这种制度化的消遣写得好像它存在于一般的环境之外,但我的故事不适合这样的处理。

The rule of songwriting: say what you want to say, say it again, say it a different way, then say it again.

写歌的原则:说你想说的话,再说一遍,换一种方式再说一遍。

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

我认为罗马人认为,如果有必要,今天的将军明天就应该当兵。

The trustiest rule of social disintegration: bars burn last.

社会瓦解的最可靠规则:酒吧烧到最后。