A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.
嗯，我真正感兴趣的一件事，当我写作的时候，是准确。
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
别告诉我月亮在发光;让我看看碎玻璃上的闪光。
The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.
世界上唯一快乐的作家是那些不为名利所动的人。
I can’t teach you how to write, and anybody who says they can is full of shit.
我不能教你怎么写，而任何说他们能写的人都是一派胡言。
I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.
我教写作课程，首先，我教学生什么是韵律。
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。
A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public with his pants down.
出版一本书的人在公共场合故意不穿裤子。
Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.
灵感是诗人为了显示自己的重要性而发明的一场闹剧。
Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.
每个人都是有天赋的，因为每个人都有自己的表达方式。
I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.
我真的开始写音乐来挑战自己，看看我能写些什么。
If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit.
如果你在讲的故事，就是你在讲的故事，那你就大错特错了。
I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.
我认为我这一生的部分目的就是谈论魔法，并创造它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...
我一直认为写广告是第二赚钱的写作形式。首先，当然是赎金便条……
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?
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。
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
好朋友，好书和一个昏昏欲睡的良心:这是理想的生活。
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。