A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家
Writer
For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.
对于一个作家来说，出版的作品就像落花，而期待的新作品就像等待开花的花萼。
Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.
作家灵魂的每一个秘密，生活的每一次经历，思想的每一种品质都写在他的作品中。
I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. That's where I'm going to stay.
我从来没有当过模特，我当过演员，但我一直是个作家。那就是我要呆的地方。
Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
科幻小说家预见到了不可避免的事情，尽管问题和灾难可能是不可避免的，但解决方案并非如此。
The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.
成为一个成功作家的最好方法是读好文章，记住它，然后忘记你是从哪里记住它的。
Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
任何优秀的作家都会受到欢迎，也不会受到欢迎;这就是你如何知道你是一个伟大的作家。
The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.
作者可能知道他写一本书的意思，但是他应该马上忘记他写这本书的意思。
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。
A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.
作家的作品往往反映了他或她在生活中所接触到的东西;诗歌或故事的基础。
I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.
我是一名作家，出身于受保护的家庭。受庇护的生活也可以是勇敢的生活。因为所有真正的勇敢都是从内心开始的。
Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part of the process.
演员习惯于做导演或编剧要求我们做的事情，很少参与其中。
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。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
You are either born a writer or you are not.
你不是天生就是作家。
Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given a typewriter.
米勒并不是真正的作家，而是一个喋喋不休的人，有人给了他一台打字机。
Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.
任何名符其实的作家都是要么专注于一件事，要么专注于另一件事。
When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.
当我写一本书的时候，我把它变成我能写的最好的书。
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。
Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat.
布鲁克林是我的作家的隐居地。