A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.
如果你不冒犯别人，我看不出你怎么能写出有价值的东西来。
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
我从来不想和一个写得比读得多的人交谈。
I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept.
我写的愿望成真——出于某种原因，一个可怕的概念。
I go silent so I can write. When my tongue is wagging my fingers are silent.
我保持沉默，这样我才能写作。当我的舌头摇动时，我的手指是沉默的。
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
灵魂应该总是半开着，准备好迎接狂喜的体验。
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
读书使人充实。善于交谈的人;写一个严谨的人。
There is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident.
在写作中，你会不断地体会到突然发现的喜悦和意外的快乐。
No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.
让历史成为人们愿意读的东西，对历史并没有什么害处。
Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written.
一切都随波逐流:荣誉、骄傲、体面，这些都是写这本书所需要的。
Writing a book is hard. It turns out, writing a second book is twice as hard.
写一本书很难。事实证明，写第二本书的难度是第二本书的两倍。
It has been said that writing comes more easily if you have something to say.
有人说，如果你有话要说，写作就会变得更容易。
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
鸟唱歌不是因为它有答案，而是因为它有一首歌。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
写作没什么。你所做的就是坐在打字机前流血。
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
你必须写出你想写的书。如果这本书对成年人来说太难了，那么你可以为孩子们写。
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。
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。
Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess.
我想我的计划是写诗，出版书，以写诗为生。我想这是一个雄心勃勃的计划。
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?