A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家
Writer
A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.
作家不是糖果商、化妆品经销商或艺人。
No writer can really sustain two huge - I hate the word 'franchises.'
没有哪位作家能真正维持两大出版商的经营——我讨厌“专营权”这个词。
The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
年轻作家的问题是他们都是六十多岁。
I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.
我对一个作家的背景很好奇。
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.
作家应该用眼睛写作，画家应该用耳朵作画。
As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.
作为一名作家，你所要做的就是为伟大的演员写作。这是所有。
You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.
你是一个读者，也是一个作家，所以写你想读的。
My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television.
作为一名电视编剧，我的优势在于对电视完全没有兴趣。
The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing.
成为一名作家的秘诀就是不断地写作。
In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
根据我的经验，一封来自同行的感谢信意义重大。
Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.
大多数时候我引用自己的话。这不是傲慢，这是作家的工作。
I'm not a great joke writer, which is odd for a comic to say, but I'm not.
我不是一个伟大的笑话作家，这对于一个喜剧演员来说很奇怪，但我不是。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
I'm not the slowest writer that you know.
我不是你所知道的写得最慢的作家。
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。
The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should be acquired because we urgently need them -- to convey, to reach, to express something within us, and to understand others.
学习词汇的最后一个动机应该是给人留下深刻印象。语言是需要后天习得的，因为我们迫切需要它们——去传达，去触及，去表达我们内心的某种东西，去理解他人。
That was one of the reasons I became a writer - I never really had that many friends. I would read a lot, and listen to music. And that was my life.
这就是我成为一名作家的原因之一——我从来没有那么多朋友。我会读很多书，听音乐。这就是我的生活。
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。