A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.
孩子们认为你只要坐下来开始写。我总是告诉他们你永远不会那样做。
My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
我的生活，至少，分为写作和表演，以及两者的混合。
No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.
任何铁器都不能象在适当的位置放置一段时间那样有力地刺穿心脏。
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
无论如何，开始写作吧。直到水龙头打开，水才会流出来。
It's harder to write in the third person but the advantage is you move around better.
用第三人称写作比较困难，但好处是你可以移动得更好。
When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.
当你读到一篇你欣赏的文章时，给作者写一封感谢信。
Let your words be your voice. And let your voice be heard within the hearts of others.
让你的话语成为你的声音。让你的声音在别人的心里被听到。
Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.
象征主义的存在是为了装饰和丰富，而不是创造一种人为的深奥感。
Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.
写作是精神刺激;这就像一个让你一直思考的谜题。
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 wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
有时我在想，作家写作的动机是不是应该是轻蔑，而不是钦佩。
A novel is no different than graffiti in a bathroom stall, it's just more pretentious.
小说和厕所隔间里的涂鸦没什么不同，只不过更装腔作势罢了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author.
写出值得出版的东西，找到诚实的人出版它，让明智的人阅读它，这是成为作家的三大困难。
Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.
读一千本书，你的话就会像河流一样流淌。
With writing, we have second chances.
通过写作，我们有了第二次机会。
For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.
对于一个失去家园的人来说，写作变成了生活的地方。
The first draft of anything is shit.
任何东西的初稿都是垃圾。