A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家和写作
Writers And Writing
Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.
写作是说话不被打断的最好方式。
One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
一个人总是在最歇斯底里的时候写喜剧。
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
作家是能从答案中猜出谜语的人。
Footnotes, the little dogs yapping at the heels of the text.
脚注，小狗在文字后面狂吠。
In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.
在马兵的仪式上，连马兵也要怀恨在心。
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
试图定义自己就像咬紧牙关一样。
Writing is talking to yourself-with the hope of being overheard.
写作就是对自己说话——希望别人能听到。
Just get it down on paper, and then we'll see what to do with it.
把它写在纸上，然后我们再看看怎么处理它。
There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography.
也许有一天我会决定写一本自传。
I like prefaces. I read them. Sometimes I do not read any further.
我喜欢作序。我读他们。有时我不再读下去了。
My novels point out that the world consists entirely of exceptions.
我的小说指出世界完全由例外组成。
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
要么写一些值得读的东西，要么做一些值得写的东西。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
When I sat down to write I just felt like a geek writing about myself. And then it dawned on me, just because of the way I am, I can't stop talking, and part of the problem is that anything that gets said reminds me of something that happened to me one time, and invariably I cut people off and talk about myself.
当我坐下来写作时，我感觉自己就像一个写自己的极客。然后我醒悟过来，就因为我现在的样子，我不能停止说话，部分原因是，我说的任何话都会让我想起曾经发生在我身上的事情，我总是打断别人，谈论我自己。
Restrictions and writing shouldn't mix. Let your mind be open. Let it be a creative canvas.
限制和写作不能混为一谈。敞开你的心扉。让它成为一幅有创意的画布。
Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion.
作家们讲述了他们自己在宣传和推广方面的许多真实经历。
I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with a little assistance from a professor of Greek and a few poets.
在一位希腊教授和几位诗人的一点帮助下，图书馆和图书管理员造就了我。
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
没有人能读懂一本深奥的书，除非他至少读过其中的一部分内容，并亲身经历过。