A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家和写作
Writers And Writing
Writers will happen in the best of families.
作家将发生在最好的家庭。
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
作家为什么写作?因为它不在那里。
I am neither a man nor a woman but an author.
我既不是男人也不是女人，而是一个作家。
The reality is more excellent than the report.
现实比报告更精彩。
You have to throw yourself away when you write.
当你写作时，你不得不放弃自己。
No tears and the writer, no tears and the reader.
没有眼泪就没有作家，没有眼泪就没有读者。
How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
我怎么知道我在想什么，直到我看到我说的话?
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。
Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.
作家让自己被语言所吸引。
Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.
写点东西，即使只是一封遗书。
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。
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。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Self-expression is for babies and seals, where it can be charming. A writer's business is to affect the reader.
自我表达是为婴儿和海豹准备的，在这些地方会很迷人。作家的职责是影响读者。
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
不劳而获地写出来的东西，读起来通常没有乐趣。
At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.
至少有一半的悬疑小说出版违反了这样的法律:一旦真相大白，解决之道似乎是不可避免的。
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。
I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner.
自从去年秋天我开始写一本书以来，我对作家的了解和欣赏越来越多。在那之前，我以为高尔夫作家每天早上起床，打一轮高尔夫，吃午餐，出现在我们最后三个洞，然后去吃晚饭。