A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家和写作
Writers And Writing
Get black on white.
黑白颠倒。
I write from my stomach.
我凭直觉写作。
I write-down to speak-up.
我写下来说出来。
Write what you care about.
写下你所关心的。
Writing starts with living.
写作始于生活。
There is but one art, to omit.
只有一种艺术是可以省略的。
Writing is a mysterious activity.
写作是一种神秘的活动。
That's not writing, that's typing.
那不是写作，那是打字。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔比剑更有力。
Memoirs: the backstairs of history.
回忆录:历史的后门。
Thought flies and words go on foot.
思想飞，言语走。
How can you write if you can't cry?
如果你不会哭，你怎么写?
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process.
我们绝对需要改革国会的预算编制程序。
Good things, when short, are twice as good.
美好的事物在短暂的时候是双倍的美好。
I quote others in order to better express my own self.
我引用别人的话是为了更好地表达我自己。
I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.
我相信我的直觉能找到主题，我凭直觉写作。我有一个想法，当我开始，我有一个形状;但只有在几年之后，我才能完全理解我所写的东西。
I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...
我一直认为写广告是第二赚钱的写作形式。首先，当然是赎金便条……
Why my interest in writers? Well, I'm one, and many of my friends are writers. I know what it's like to write. I'm interested in the creative process. I'm fascinated by the disparity between who we are on the outside, and what we have bubbling away inside us.
为什么我对作家感兴趣?我就是其中之一，我的很多朋友都是作家。我知道写作是什么感觉。我对创作过程很感兴趣。我着迷于外在的我们和内在的我们之间的差异。