A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家
Writer
The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs no one at all.
作者的贪婪令人震惊。在另一种意义上，他想要，或者似乎想要，所有的东西，几乎所有的人，但同时，他不需要任何人。
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。
That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most of them are going to have to continue doing that when they've finished the program.
对我来说，这是对一个年轻作家的承诺的一个非常重要的测试，因为他们中的大多数人在完成这个项目后将不得不继续这样做。
My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.
我的想法总是传达给我们这一代人。明智的作家为他那一代的青年、下一代的批评家和后世的老师们写作。
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.
如果你想成为一名作家，你首先必须做两件事:大量阅读和大量写作。据我所知，这两件事是无法回避的，没有捷径可走。
Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever.
大多数书，就像它们的作者一样，都是为死亡而生;只有少数几本书能说死亡对它们没有统治权;他们活着，他们的影响永远存在。
There's also a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a lot of study and quite a lot of hard work as well.
作为一名作家，我也有一定程度的自律性，旨在提高我的写作水平，这需要大量的学习和努力。
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.
严肃的作家不应与严肃的作家混为一谈。一个严肃的作家可能是一只鹰，一只秃鹰，甚至一只罂粟花，但一个严肃的作家总是一只血腥的猫头鹰。
In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them.
对于一个作家，大多数读者相信双重标准:他们可能经常对他不忠，但他必须永远，永远不要对他们不忠。
It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into the world more.
然而，同样真实的是，在征服了地区作家贫民区之后，我现在正打算征服民族主义作家贫民区，并更多地走向世界。
A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.
一个伟大的作家创造了他自己的世界，他的读者为生活在其中而感到自豪。一个不那么优秀的作家可能会暂时吸引他们，但很快他就会看到他们逐渐退出。
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
现代断言的含蓄有时被推到极端，在这种情况下，对被反驳的恐惧使作者几乎丧失了所有的意义和意义。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
一个真正的朋友和一个好作家是不常见的。
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.
作家应具有诗人的精确性和科学家的想象力。
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。
I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
我喜欢当作家。我不能忍受的是文书工作。