A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家和写作
Writers And Writing
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。
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。
That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.
这是一个中学教师的概念——作者作为一个观察者。
Many a fervid man writes books as cold and flat as graveyard stones.
许多狂热的人写的书就像墓地里的石头一样冰冷、扁平。
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。
I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.
我总是不知道该相信自己的故事。
Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
作家应该被阅读，而不是被看到。它们很少是迷人的景象。
A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.
一部小说必须特别好，才能和一般的猫活得一样长。
We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process.
我们绝对需要改革国会的预算编制程序。
I've put my genius into my life; I've only put my talent into my works.
我把我的天赋融入我的生活;我只是把我的才能用在我的工作上。
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
作家的目的是防止文明自我毁灭。
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
当你还没有站起来生活的时候，坐下来写作是多么的徒劳。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
你的稿子既好又新颖。但好的部分不是原创的，原创的部分也不是好的。
I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
我真的为我的丈夫和家人写了很多书。他们让我们更紧密地联系在一起，让我们可以讨论很久没有说出口的事情。
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。
Begin with another's to end with your own.
从别人的开始到你自己的结束。
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。