A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家
Writers
A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest.
小说是一种印象，而不是一种论点;事情到此为止吧。
I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night.
我经常要么在清晨写作，要么在深夜写作。
Writers of historical fiction would be lost without libraries and archives.
没有图书馆和档案，历史小说作家就会消失。
Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.
作家是强迫性的说谎者，拼命地想告诉自己真相。
When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.
当一个国家强大时……它接受作者的任何悲观论调。
Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
肯尼迪是一个喜欢作家的人，甚至我也被邀请到白宫。
The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post.
作家们见面的唯一方式就是在一个共同的灯柱上快速浏览一下。
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
原创作家不是谁也模仿不了的人，而是谁也模仿不了的人。
The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.
这个世界也许充斥着四流作家，但也充斥着四流读者。
I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.
我认为所有的作家都是不同的。我和一些作家在一起;他们都是不同的。
Writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers.
作家是绝望的人，当他们不再绝望时，他们也就不再是作家了。
Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches.
写小说是我做过的最困难的事情，包括挖灌溉渠。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.
作家们很善于从各处找出他们所需要的东西。
I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
我属于一类作家，他们说的和写的语言与他们父母的不同。
As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.
作为作家和读者，作为罪人和公民，我们的现实主义和审美意识使我们不敢相信积极的音符。
Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.
像大多数作家一样，我写发生在我身上的事情，因为这涉及到最少的研究。
Writers are extremely awesome entertainers.
作家是非常棒的艺人。
Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
有创造力的作家总是比他们所代表的事业更伟大。