A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
Crazy by definition is Knowing that true sanity is A figment of the educated mind.
疯狂的定义是 知道真正的理智是 受过教育的人的虚构。
I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.
我可以在写作时摆脱一切;我的悲伤消失了，我的勇气重生了。
A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove.
一个写作的厨师和一个烹饪作家必须在桌子上和炉子上大胆。
Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.
每个人都有一本书在里面，但在大多数情况下，它应该放在那里。
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
平庸的人认为自己写得很好;一个好的头脑认为它的写作是合理的。
Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.
写作最终是一种娱乐，你没有理由因为娱乐而得到报酬。
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
写作就像一项身体接触的运动，就像足球。你可能会受伤，但你很享受。
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
原创作家不是谁也模仿不了的人，而是谁也模仿不了的人。
The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can.
对作家来说，最好的生活就是帮助他写最好的书。
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
一个好的作家不仅拥有自己的精神，也拥有朋友的精神。
Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.
说到底，写作是最奇怪的反常现象:一封写给陌生人的亲密信件。
Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.
只有在生活中离不开写作的时候才写作。只写你自己能写的东西。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I am the author of my life. Unfortunately I'm writing in pen and I can't erase my mistakes.
我是我生命的作者。不幸的是，我用钢笔写，我不能抹去我的错误。
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。
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。
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。
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.
一个作家对小说艺术或工艺的了解，只会使他对写作的需要或欲望减少一点点。最后他知道了所有的诀窍，却无话可说。
The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book.
优秀的、令人钦佩的读者并不认同书中的男孩或女孩，而是认同构思和创作那本书的人。