A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.
我的父母对我的写作都不是很敏感。
The one who pulls the puppet strings knows fairytales can heal.
拉木偶线的人知道童话故事可以治愈。
If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
如果我不写诗，我就会一直洗手。
History, writing, infect after a time a man's sense of himself.
历史，文字，在一段时间后会感染一个人的自我意识。
Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.
只有一代人的读者才能跨越一代人的作家。
Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.
写作就像爵士乐。它可以被学习，但不能被教授。
There's something intimidating, yet exciting about a blank page.
空白页有些吓人，但又令人兴奋。
Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential.
在写作中天赋是有帮助的，但勇气是绝对必要的。
The material's out there, a calm lake waiting for us to dive in.
物质就在那里，一个平静的湖等着我们潜入。
You’re a mess, I confess, I despise you in the best kind of way.
你一团糟，我承认，我以最好的方式鄙视你。
After all this time I found that the novel is in fact punk rock.
经过这么长时间，我发现这部小说实际上是朋克摇滚。
For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story.
对我来说，就是写一本书，告诉人们这个故事。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.
写小说使我对人的一生中未知的东西产生了一种持久的敬意，让我有了一种去哪里寻找线索、如何追随、如何联系的感觉，在错综复杂的世界中找到一条清晰的线。
Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.
读一千本书，你的话就会像河流一样流淌。
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.
当我发现故事书是由人写的，书并不是自然奇观，而是像草一样自己生长出来的时候，我感到既震惊又失望。
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。
A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.
一个好的故事应该引发讨论、辩论、辩论……偶尔的酒吧斗殴。
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
正确的单词和几乎正确的单词之间的区别就像闪电和闪电虫之间的区别一样。