A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
书
Book
I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.
我不得不写这本书,因为有一本未经授权的传记,没有如实讲述。
Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever.
无论你是谁,你都不会写这本书。我什么也不能告诉你。别再给我打电话了。永远。
There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.
我不会改变任何东西——要改变它,我必须写一本完全不同的书。
Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
真理从来不会来到这个世界上,而是像一个私生子一样,带着她出生的那个人的耻辱来到这个世界上。
The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books.
他们给我的第一本书是珍妮,一个十几岁的孩子。我带了她大概十本书。
If a book is made up of things that are hard to believe, then we were like something out of a book.
如果一本书是由难以置信的东西组成的,那么我们就像从书中走出来的东西。
Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.
人们发现,每个时代都必须写自己的书;或者更确切地说,每一代都是为了下一代的成功。
One thing I've learned now is that I should not say when a book is coming out until I'm sure I know.
我现在学到的一件事是,在我确定我知道之前,我不应该说什么时候有一本书要出版。
Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.
在漫长的一天结束后,只要知道有一本好书在等着你,那一天就会更快乐。
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
我想知道的都在书里;我最好的朋友会给我一本我没读过的书。
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
书!我不知道我是否曾经告诉过你,但是书是一个人能给另一个人最好的礼物。
The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.
我想,文学的考验在于,我们自己是否因为阅读而活得更有激情。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
大量的书使我们变得无知。
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time.
一切书籍都可以分为二类,即:一时之书和永久之书。
You are never alone when you are reading a book.
当你读书的时候,你从不孤单。
I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun.
我不认为哀叹世界现状有什么意义,除非你能想出什么办法来改善它。否则,就不要写书了;去找一个热带岛屿,躺在阳光下。
I don't know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent I'm hoping that with the next book, when people pick it up and read it, it will scare the pants off of them.
我不知道编辑们会怎么看,也不知道他们会怎么接受。但在某种程度上,我希望下一本书,当人们拿起来读的时候,能把他们吓得魂飞魄散。
Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.
书是终极的哑巴:把它们放下,它们会永远等你;关注他们,他们也会爱你。