A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家
Writer
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.
写作的从容来自技艺，而非偶然，正如舞姿最轻盈的人都学过跳舞。
I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
我更像是一个悬疑作家。神秘作家解决神秘问题。我是一个“高悬疑”作家。
I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.
我不是一个自传体作家，但我是一个作家谁处理人类情感的各个层次。
My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite.
我的成长经历绝对不是典型作家的成长经历。甚至可以说是相反的。
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
作家的真正职责是创作一部杰作，而不是从事其他任何重要的工作。
The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.
写作最重要的是……写作。屁股坐到椅子上干活。
To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.
成为一名戏剧作家需要努力、天赋和纪律。这就是为什么我只是编些废话。
For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.
对于你天生的作家来说，没有什么比意识到他找到了正确的词更能治愈你了。
Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications.
每一位伟大的作家，甚至是每一位优秀的作家，都是按照自己的规范来改造世界的。
Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
作为一名作家，你的首要职责是为取悦自己而写作。你对任何人都没有义务。
The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work.
这个过程并没有改变，但是作者已经发展了。我仍然每天早上起床去上班。
Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers.
我想，为我自己写一本书，与为我的读者读这本书的经历非常相似。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.
我认为我是一名作家，但在职业上，我觉得自己很受吸引，也很适合导演。
Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
作家和政治家是天生的对手。这两个群体都试图按照自己的形象创造世界;他们为同一领土而战。
The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.
一本书好的部分可能只是一个作家偶然听到的，也可能是他整个该死的生活的毁灭，而其中的一部分和另一部分一样好。
The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing.
事实上，人们认为当你卖了很多书，你不是一个严肃的作家，这是对读者的极大侮辱。当人们试图说这样的话时，我有点生气。
And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.
有些人想成为作家，因为他们喜欢写作。他们照顾。