A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.
我爱写作。我喜欢文字的漩涡和摇摆,因为它们与人类的情感纠缠在一起。
All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
你所要做的就是写一个真实的句子。写出你所知道的最真实的句子。
Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.
说真的,成为一名作家听起来更像是一种精神疾病,而不是职业选择。
The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.
对我来说,写作的过程几乎总是一样的——这是一次孤独的经历。
His writing bears the same relation to poetry which a Turkey carpet bears to a picture.
他的作品与诗歌的关系就像土耳其地毯与一幅画的关系一样。
Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.
灵感从来不适用于长期的约会;他们要求立即采取行动。
A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.
一个好的故事应该引发讨论、辩论、辩论……偶尔的酒吧斗殴。
If you hear voices, you’re a lunatic. If you write down what they say, you’re an author.
如果你听到声音,你就是个疯子。如果你把他们说的话写下来,你就是一个作家。
To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature.
做一个受人喜爱的人是幸运的礼物;但写作和阅读是与生俱来的。
I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.
我很久以前就做出了写真实生活的选择。生活既严肃又有趣。
All I knew was that I was writing something out of my very guts, and that I was content.
我只知道我在写一些发自内心的东西,我很满足。
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'
我死的时候,愿人说:‘他的罪是朱红的,他的书是被人诵读的。’
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do. Usually when the beat comes on, I think of a hook or the subject I want to rap about almost instantly. Within four, eight bars of it playing I'm just like, 'Oh, OK. This is what I wanna do'.
写作的过程,我做事的方式是我做任何节拍的感觉,任何节拍告诉我要做的。通常,当节拍响起时,我几乎会立刻想到一个钩子或我想要说唱的主题。在四到八小节的演奏中,我就像,‘哦,好吧。这就是我想做的。
I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place.
我有时认为,这是因为他们太不善于口头表达自己,所以作家一开始就拿起笔和纸。
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。
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。
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
最可怕的时刻总是在你开始之前。
You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.
你只能一次把一个单词写在纸上。