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作家和写作
Writers And Writing
The truth is, we've not really developed a fiction that can accommodate the full tumult, the zaniness and crazed quality of modern experience.
事实是，我们并没有真正开发出一种小说，能够容纳现代体验的全部混乱、愚蠢和疯狂。
Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself- it is the occurring which is difficult.
写作并不麻烦:你只要记下你想到的想法就行了。记笔记本身很简单——它是发生在困难的地方。
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。
The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say, the less time there is to say it.
作家的一生是悲剧性的:我们越进步，要走的路就越远，要说的东西越多，要说的时间就越少。
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.
即使是那些反对名利的作家也希望自己写得好而名扬天下，而那些读过他们作品的人也希望自己读过这些作品而名扬天下。
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.
对于一个好的作家来说，最重要的礼物就是一个内置的防震狗屎探测器。这是作家的雷达，所有伟大的作家都有。
Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it.
写作是你一个人做的事。这是一个内向的人的职业，他们想给你讲一个故事，但又不想在讲的时候有眼神交流。
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.
他们写了无数的书;太骄傲、太分散、不能缄默。各人追求自己的高升、躲避自己的空虚。
Yes there is a meaning; at least for me, there is one thing that matters - to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people.
是的，这是有意义的;至少对我来说，有一件事很重要，那就是让一些挑剔的人的脑海里响起一段和谐的话语。
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
人若不作愚妄人，就永远找不到智慧。唉，作家在公众面前必须是傻瓜，而其他人可以掩盖自己的踪迹。
On the trail of another man, the biographer must put up with finding himself at every turn: any biography uneasily shelters an autobiography within it.
在追寻另一个人的道路上，传记作家必须忍受发现自己无处不在的痛苦:任何传记都不容易把自传掩藏在其中。
It is a sobering thought that each of us gives his hearers and his readers a chance to look into the inner working of his mind when he speaks or writes.
这是一个发人深省的想法，我们每个人都给他的听众和读者一个机会，看看他的内心工作时，他说或写。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It is only through fiction and the dimension of the imaginary that we can learn something real about individual experience. Any other approach is bound to be general and abstract.
只有通过虚构和想象的维度，我们才能了解个人体验的真实情况。任何其他方法都必然是通用的和抽象的。
Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.
合适的词语在合适的地方，才能真正定义一种风格。
Writing and Painting are the same for me.
写作和绘画对我来说是一样的。
Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.
写作是把一个人最糟糕的时刻变成金钱。
Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.
写作是说话不被打断的最好方式。
Writing is a mysterious activity.
写作是一种神秘的活动。