A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
世界的真正奥秘在于看得见的东西,而不是看不见的东西。
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.
写作是我们祖先的良知、顾虑和耕作。
The standard personality type for a writer is a shy megalomaniac.
作家的标准性格类型是害羞的自大狂。
Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.
别说老太太尖叫了。让她来,让她尖叫。
If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death.
如果讲故事的人讲的是真的,所有的故事都会以死亡告终。
You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.
你要么必须写作,要么不应该写作。这是所有。
People do not deserve good writing, they are so pleased with bad.
人们不值得拥有好作品,他们对坏作品如此满意。
Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.
随着年龄的增长,写作似乎变得更加困难。
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.
像专业人士一样学习规则,这样你就能像艺术家一样打破规则。
Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.
写这本书本身就是一个隐藏和揭示的过程。
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
真正的独创性不在于新的方式,而在于新的视野。
Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity.
谦虚不是作家的美德,而是绝对必要的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
一个天生就有天赋的人会在使用它的过程中找到最大的快乐。
Anything designed to be inoffensive isn't worth your time -- life itself is pretty offensive, ending as it does with death.
任何被设计成无害的东西都不值得你浪费时间——生命本身就是相当无礼的,就像它以死亡告终一样。
After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.
在被众多出版商拒绝后,他决定为子孙后代写作。
Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.
愤世嫉俗者只是受挫的浪漫主义者。
I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.
当我做得很好的时候,我有一种很好的温暖的感觉,但是这种快乐被每天开始的痛苦抵消了。让我们面对现实吧,写作是地狱。
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。