A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写
Write
Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes.
喜剧,至少我写喜剧的方式,就是讲笑话的戏剧。
I write because i don't know what i think until i read what i say.
我写作是因为我不知道我在想什么,直到我读到我所说的。
I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.
我在这里是因为我所写的。显然,我必须知道一些事情。
In Stratford you either turn into an alcoholic or you better write.
在斯特拉特福德,你要么变成酒鬼,要么写得更好。
Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
我所扮演的角色没有一个是专门为我写的。
I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker.
我决定写短篇小说,因为它们很快就被拒绝了。
Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.
每天都有很多人写关于我的文章,甚至没有采访过我。
I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.
我只为自己写音乐,我不试图吸引任何人。
I write for the same reason I read: because it's all there is for me.
我写作的原因和我阅读的原因是一样的:因为这就是我的全部。
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.
作家应该用眼睛写作,画家应该用耳朵作画。
I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.
我喜欢在心怀恶意时写作。这就像打了个好喷嚏。
Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.
真正的作家是那些想写,需要写,必须写的人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.
每七年我要烧掉一次我所有的讲道;因为如果我现在不能写出比七年前更好的布道文,那真是太可惜了。
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
很长一段时间以来,我一直试图尽我所能写出最好的作品。有时候我运气好,写得比我能写的更好。
Write something that’s worth fighting over. Because that’s how you change things. That’s how you create art.
写一些值得为之奋斗的东西。因为这就是改变事物的方式。这就是你创造艺术的方式。
I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together.
我为音乐人写酒吧,因为他们必须在一起。
Now, I don't expect what I write to change things. I think I write now simply as a witness. This is how it is. This is what we have done. This is what we have permitted.
现在,我不指望我写的东西能改变什么。我想我现在写作只是作为一个证人。事情就是这样。这就是我们所做的。这是我们所允许的。
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.
一个作家对小说艺术或工艺的了解,只会使他对写作的需要或欲望减少一点点。最后他知道了所有的诀窍,却无话可说。