A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
笔是心灵的语言。
Easy reading is damn hard writing.
简单的阅读就是该死的写作。
You fail only if you stop writing.
只有停止写作，你才会失败。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔比剑更有力。
How can you write if you can't cry?
如果你不会哭，你怎么写?
Don't write to sell, write to tell.
不要为推销而写，要为说而写。
Writing only leads to more writing.
写作只会导致更多的写作。
Realism can break a writer's heart.
现实主义能使作家心碎。
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
虚构是谎言里的真相。
Writing novels is the most exciting.
写小说是最令人兴奋的。
Writing is the best anti-depressant.
写作是最好的抗抑郁剂。
Writing is the geometry of the soul.
写作是灵魂的几何学。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
不要在主题上使用太大的词。当你的意思是“非常”时，不要说“无穷大”;否则，当你想谈论一些真正无限的东西时，你就会无话可说。
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。
A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them.
作家是这样一种人，他能把人们想要表达的想法和情感表达出来，但却不确定应该如何表达，甚至是否应该表达。
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。
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。
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
不成熟的诗人模仿;成熟的诗人偷窃。