A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
作家和写作
Writers And Writing
I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought.
我为自己和陌生人写作。亲爱的读者，这些陌生人是事后才想到的。
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
作家是这样一种人，对他来说写作比别人更难。
The business of writing is one of the four or five most private things in the world.
写作是世界上四五件最隐私的事情之一。
Caesar had perished from the world of men Had not his sword been rescued by his pen.
如果恺撒的剑没有被他的笔所拯救，他早就从人世间消失了。
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。
A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed in keeping rabbits.
现在有很多人读书写字，他们更适合养兔子。
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'
我死的时候，愿人说:‘他的罪是朱红的，他的书是被人诵读的。’
It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence whether a man be behind it or no.
一个人是否在句子后面，句子的力量有很大的不同。
I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter.
我只是把这封信写得很长，因为我没有时间把它缩短。
We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.
一个作家的天才之处，不仅在于他的创作灵感，还在于他的选择。
Writing doesn’t get easier with experience. The more you know, the harder it is to write.
随着经验的积累，写作也变得越来越难。你知道的越多，写作就越难。
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。
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 conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly interest any man who has ever been a boy. That immensely enlarges the audience.
我认为，为男孩写故事的正确方式是不仅让男孩感兴趣，而且让任何曾经是男孩的人都感兴趣。这极大地扩大了观众。
The difference between truth and fiction is that fiction has to make sense.
真实与虚构的区别在于，虚构必须有意义。
I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...
我一直认为写广告是第二赚钱的写作形式。首先，当然是赎金便条……
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。
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。