A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家和写作
Writers And Writing
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
虚构是谎言里的真相。
I was born to travel and write verse.
我生来就是旅行和写诗的。
I allow my intuition to lead my path.
我允许我的直觉指引我的道路。
I was in a bad mood when I wrote that.
我写那封信的时候心情很不好。
Writing and Painting are the same for me.
写作和绘画对我来说是一样的。
Publication is a self-invasion of privacy.
出版是对隐私的自我侵犯。
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
谚语常蕴含智慧。
Begin with another's to end with your own.
从别人的开始到你自己的结束。
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。
The waste basket is a writer's best friend.
废纸篓是作家最好的朋友。
Make'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.
让他们开怀大笑;让他们哭;让他们等待。
Flaubert had infinite correction to perform.
福楼拜需要进行无穷无尽的修正。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well.
当心别把一个字拼错了。在你写一个单词之前，一定要考虑它的拼写，如果你不记得，就查字典。拼写正确会给女士带来极大的赞扬。
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.
如果我的医生告诉我只有六分钟的生命，我不会沉思。我会打字快一点。
Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.
任何人都能创造历史。只有伟大的人才能写出来。
I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind.
我总是用一张干净的纸和一个肮脏的头脑开始写作。
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
作家为什么写作?因为它不在那里。