A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家
Writer
I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.
我只是不认为自己是一个旅行作家。我不能。我不喜欢。
Writer is always alone. But he is a god, and gods are lonely.
作家总是孤独的。但他是神，神是孤独的。
Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.
如今，三个机智的短语和一个谎言就能造就一个作家。
A writer has to talk about the things that go untalked about.
作家必须谈论那些未被谈论的事情。
The best way for me to procrastinate as a writer is research.
对我来说，作为一个作家，拖延的最好方法就是研究。
Calvino was not a writer of hits; he was a writer of classics.
卡尔维诺不是畅销书作家;他是一位古典文学作家。
Motown was the mecca. It was every writer's dream to work there.
摩城是麦加。在那里工作是每个作家的梦想。
I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
我是个作家，因此自然而然地就成了一个可疑的人物。
Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.
虽然我写剧本，但我不认为我是一个很好的作家。
Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.
只有具有邪恶意识的作家才能使善具有可读性。
Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.
作家略低于小丑，略高于训练有素的海豹。
One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer.
有一件事我可以告诉你，我不是一个有条理的作家。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I've been trying to find women writers for my staff for a while now and I have three women on my staff and three guys so it's pretty equal. I don't know why that is. It's been the same thing for a while. It's hard for female comedians to stand out. That's weird. That's a shame.
一段时间以来，我一直在为我的员工寻找女性作家，我的员工中有三名女性和三名男性，所以男女比例相当。我不知道为什么。一段时间以来都是一样的。女喜剧演员很难脱颖而出。这是奇怪的。这是一个耻辱。
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。
Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.
我本可以成为一名作家。我做过理发师。我本可以坚持下去的。
Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness.
嗯，你知道，作家只是吸收新的经验——我们就像新鲜事物的真空吸尘器。
A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.
职业作家是一个没有放弃的业余作家。