A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "one word at a time."
当被问到“你是怎么写的?”我总是回答:“一个词一个词。”
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.
我的志向是用十句话把别人在一本书里说的话讲出来。
I write for the same reason I breathe... because if I didn't, I would die.
我写作的原因和我呼吸的原因一样……因为如果我不这样做，我就会死。
The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.
伟大艺术的秘诀总是痛苦和良好的排便。
As the saying goes, you might as well be yourself; everyone else is taken.
俗话说，做你自己也无妨;其他人都有人了。
Even in the hottest fire there's a bit of water. my The Opposite Of Magic.
即使在最热的火里也有一些水。我的魔法的对立面。
A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.
作家必须教育自己，最卑鄙的事情莫过于害怕。
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
成为职业作家的唯一原因就是你无法控制自己。
Someone's writing down your mistakes, someone's documenting your downfall.
有人在记录你的错误，有人在记录你的失败。
Writing is beautiful, like putting on a gold suit and going to sleep in it.
写作是美丽的，就像穿上一套金衣服，然后穿着它睡觉。
For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.
出于某种原因，用摇摆和弦写作的概念令人生畏。
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.
在伟大人物的统治之下，笔力胜过刀剑。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.
语言不能很好地表达思想。它们总是在表达出来之后立刻变得有些不同，有些扭曲，有些愚蠢。
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。
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。
The first draft of anything is shit.
任何东西的初稿都是垃圾。
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。
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
最可怕的时刻总是在你开始之前。