A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家
Writer
I'm a fast writer.
我写得很快。
The true Writer GOD.
真正的作家上帝。
I'm not a great writer.
我不是一个伟大的作家。
I'm a very conceptual writer.
我是一个非常概念化的作家。
I've never had writer's block.
我从来没有过写作障碍。
The writer works in a lonely way.
这位作家以孤独的方式工作。
If you wish to be a writer, write.
如果你想成为一名作家,那就写作吧。
I am not an autobiographical writer.
我不是自传体作家。
A writer's job is to tell the truth.
作家的工作是讲真话。
I don't think of myself as a writer.
我不认为自己是个作家。
Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat.
布鲁克林是我的作家的隐居地。
The writer's duty is to keep on writing.
作家的责任是继续写作。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy of a thousand accidents.
创造性的作家不仅是生活的受害者,也是生活的使用者;在他的作品中,他能够控制自我表现,而事实上,他的自我表现是受上千次事故的摆布。
I've always felt that I would rather see an actor, writer, or musician's work, rather than actually know the person. If you know too much about an artist, it somehow lessens their ability to do their work as well.
我总是觉得我宁愿看演员、作家或音乐家的作品,也不愿真正了解这个人。如果你对一个艺术家了解太多,就会削弱他们的工作能力。
A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.
作家必须教育自己,最卑鄙的事情莫过于害怕。
A true writer is someone the gods have called to the task.
一个真正的作家是上帝派来完成这项任务的。
Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.
信件必须通过两项测试才能被归类为优秀:它们必须同时表达写信人和收信人的个性。
There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick.
作家不可能被驯服,变得文明,甚至被治愈。目前科学界所知的唯一解决办法是为病人提供一间隔离室,在那里他可以独自忍受急性期,食物可以用棍子戳进他的身体。