A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
Rituals help us change modes.
仪式帮助我们改变模式。
Writing is a lonely business.
写作是一项孤独的事业。
Writing is a difficult thing.
写作是一件困难的事。
Writing is thinking on paper.
写作就是在纸上思考。
Writing is the supreme solace.
写作是最大的安慰。
I love writing for the screen.
我喜欢为银幕写作。
I've always liked new writing.
我一直喜欢新作品。
I'm quite good at not writing.
我很擅长不写作。
Writing has to support itself.
写作必须自给自足。
Writers are born, not created.
作家是天生的,不是创造出来的。
I'm like a junkie for writing.
我喜欢写作。
I write to believe in goodness.
我写信是为了相信善良。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I almost always urge people to write in the first person. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.
我几乎总是鼓励人们用第一人称写作。写作是一种自我的行为,你不妨承认这一点。
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
写小说有三条规则。不幸的是,没有人知道它们是什么。
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
写作是唯一一个没有人认为你很可笑的职业,如果你没有赚到钱。
The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
最重要的事情往往是最难说出口的。它们是你感到羞耻的东西,因为语言会减少你的感觉——当你脑海中永恒的东西被拿出来的时候,它们只会缩小到活生生的大小。
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
没有道德或不道德的书。书要么写得好,要么写得不好。
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
最可怕的时刻总是在你开始之前。