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。
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
如果你想成为一名读者，那就去读书;如果是作家，那就写作。
Never believe anything a writer tells you about himself. A man comes to believe in the end the lies he tells himself about himself.
永远不要相信作家告诉你的关于他自己的任何事情。一个人最终会相信他对自己说的关于自己的谎言。
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
历史会对我很好，因为我打算写它。
Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.
作家让自己被语言所吸引。
I talk to Simon, I write to him. I never used to write a diary. But now I'm writing a diary to him. I think it's not just me, but lots of others, family and friends, can still feel him around.
我和西蒙交谈，给他写信。我从来没有写过日记。但是现在我正在给他写日记。我想不仅仅是我，还有很多人，家人和朋友，仍然能感受到他的存在。
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
但文字是东西，一滴墨水， 像露水一样，落在思想上，就会产生思想 让成千上万人，也许是数百万人思考的东西。