A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家
Writers
A writer off-guard since the materials with which he works are so dangerous can expect agony as quick as a thunderclap.
一个作家在写作时猝不及防，因为他所使用的材料是如此的危险，他可以预料到痛苦会像雷击一样迅速。
Relationships between writers and publishers are of course very strange and change all the time, rather like a see-saw.
作家和出版商之间的关系当然非常奇怪，而且一直在变化，就像跷跷板一样。
I'm aware of the writers who have previously received the Gold Dagger and I'm honoured to have my name on the same page.
我知道之前收到这把金匕首的作者，我很荣幸能和他们站在同一立场上。
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 many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones.
正如许多政治作家所指出的，对政治平等的承诺并不是说人们都是克隆人。
There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.
作家有两种;伟大的人能给你真理，渺小的人只能给你自己。
The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch.
写作的孤独也是相当可怕的。这是非常接近疯狂，一个人只是消失了一天，失去了联系。
There are two kinds of writers - the great ones who can give you truths, and the lesser ones, who can only give you themselves.
世界上有两种作家，一种伟大的作家能给你真理，另一种不伟大的作家只能给你自己。
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。
Time really has gone by fast. I don't know if your path is pre-written or what, but it's crazy how one thing just leads to another.
时间过得真快。我不知道你的人生道路是否已经预先写好了，但一件事会导致另一件事，这太疯狂了。
I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the best I can do.
我喜欢鼓励有才华的年轻作家尝试帮助他们出版，等等，但仅此而已。这是我能做的最好的了。
The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
作家不是凭空而来的。作家证人。我们需要作家的原因是因为我们需要这个恐怖世纪的目击者。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
It had more layers than an onion. These writers meant business. There was a level for everybody. Your major could be celestial mechanics, and there'd be celestial-mechanics jokes.
它的层数比洋葱还多。这些作家是认真的。每个人都有一个等级。你的专业可以是天体力学，里面会有天体力学的笑话。
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。
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。
I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose.
我不认为，一般来说，人们成为作家是因为他们是班里非常优秀、非常酷、非常有吸引力的孩子。我会很诚实。这是我们对那些比我们好看得多、受欢迎得多的人的报复。我想我有点像那样。
Writers live twice.
作家住两次。