A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back again.
今天早上我去掉了一个逗号，今天下午我又把它放回去了。
No one could ever push you to write or become a writer, except yourself.
除了你自己，没有人能强迫你写作或成为一名作家。
If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!
如果你想成为一名作家——别再谈论它了，坐下来写吧!
I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.
我很高兴一个人坐在餐桌旁写剧本。
Writing romantic fiction is the second chance that loved ones denied us.
写浪漫小说是我们所爱的人拒绝给我们的第二次机会。
Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.
写一个故事，不管长度如何，总是从一个词开始。
I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.
事实上，我曾想过写作，后来我想成为一名小说家。
Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics.
写死去的白人男性似乎在学术界不受欢迎。
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
有些书的书背和封面是迄今为止最好的部分。
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.
对我来说，写短篇小说比写小说难得多。
A good comedy's very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.
一部好的喜剧很难制作，所以我很喜欢写好的喜剧。
I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.
我只是写歌表达我的感受或者我认识的人的感受。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If a book is well written, I always find it too short.
如果一本书写得好，我总是觉得它太短了。
The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.
告诉人们气候变化的最好方式是通过非小说类作品。在这方面有大量优秀的文学作品。
The first draft of anything is shit.
任何东西的初稿都是垃圾。
How do I know what I think until I see what I say?
我怎么知道我在想什么，直到我看到我所说的?
Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.
我为什么要写作?因为我发现生活令人不满意。
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。