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聪明
Smart
We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.
我们喜欢想自己有多聪明。但我认为作为一名作家的天赋是与生俱来的，它就在那里，至少是最基本的元素。你不能改变它，就像你不能选择用右手还是左手一样。
I understand that it would be smart, career-wise, to line up something, but it wouldn't be smart for my personal life or my sanity. Some people thrive when they're working. I thrive when I'm hanging out with my friends and doing yoga.
我明白，在事业上安排一些事情是明智的，但这对我的个人生活或理智都不是明智的。有些人在工作时事业有成。当我和朋友们一起出去玩，做瑜伽的时候，我很开心。
I used to go around looking as frumpy as possible because it was inconceivable you could be attractive as well as be smart. It wasn't until I started being myself, the way I like to turn out to meet people that I started to get any work.
我过去总是看起来很邋遢，因为很难想象你既聪明又有魅力。直到我开始做我自己，以我喜欢的方式去认识别人，我才开始找到工作。
I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but I think, at this point, people read into my work out of habit. Or I'm just very, very smart.
我不分析我在做什么。我读过对我作品令人信服的解释，有时我注意到一些我没有意识到的东西，但我认为，在这一点上，人们阅读我的作品是出于习惯。或者我只是非常非常聪明。
I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standards, other than the superficial ones that we're held to.
我希望看到女性变得强大、复杂、聪明、有主见、认真，即使她们很漂亮。更重要的是，我希望看到人们对女性有不同的标准，而不是肤浅的标准。
A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.
老师向学生学习再聪明也不为过。虽然跑步者各不相同，但基本原则从未改变。所以，关键是要让你当前的做法与事件和个人相适应。你看，对你有好处的东西对别人来说可能一文不值。
But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can't. I can't even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don't get it.
但事情是这样的:如果我够聪明的话，我就能搞定冰壶。如果我更聪明，我就能弄明白为什么人们会看着别人这么做。我已经试过了。我不能。我甚至不知道游戏的目标是什么。像飞镖吗?我就是不明白。
I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.
我想我从我父亲那里学到了我的商业理念和对这类事情的理解。我爸爸从来没有机会去上学。他不会读也不会写。但是他很聪明。他只是那种能充分利用一切的人之一，他必须与之共事。
A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't as smart as they are, or that you have to dumb down what you would normally write for kids. But I think you have to work harder when you write for kids, to make sure every word is right, that it's there for the right reason.
很多不为孩子们写作的人认为这很简单，因为他们认为孩子们没有他们那么聪明，或者你必须简化你通常为孩子们写的东西。但我认为，当你为孩子们写作时，你必须更加努力，确保每一个字都是正确的，都是为了正确的理由而写的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times as smart as a person.
但是，插入一个比人聪明一百万倍的系统是什么感觉呢?
I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.
你要是再聪明点，我就对你好点。
I was asked once, “You're a smart man. Why aren't you rich?” I replied, “You're a rich man. Why aren't you smart?
曾经有人问我:“你是个聪明人。你为什么不富有?我回答说:“你是个有钱人。”你为什么不聪明?
I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
我不聪明，但我喜欢观察。数以百万计的人看到苹果掉下来，但牛顿是问为什么的人。
It's really wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people.
在一个有很多聪明人的环境中工作真是太棒了。
I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life.
我应该聪明到能保持快乐。但我的野心主宰了我的生活。