A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say.
我从来没有写过一本书。这有点像听写。我有话要说。
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
写作是唯一一个没有人认为你很可笑的职业，如果你没有赚到钱。
I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.
我写的很直接。我坐在第一页开始写作。
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.
如果你不害怕内心的声音，你就不会害怕外界的批评。
I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I'm done with being a bitter witch.
顺便说一句，我再也不写分手记录了。我受够了做一个刻薄的女巫。
We all know writing is a reclusive, lonely endeavour. It just is. But nobody writes alone.
我们都知道写作是一种隐居、孤独的努力。它只是。但是没有人单独写作。
Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.
算了吧。不要解释;从不道歉。你可以死后写，也可以不写。
I write across several genres. I’m a slut for words. I can’t keep it in my literary pants.
我写过好几种体裁的作品。我是个爱说话的荡妇。我不能把它藏在我的文学裤子里。
Keep on reading, thinking, doing and writing! Words keep introducing their friends to you.
坚持读、想、做、写! 文字不停地把他们的朋友介绍给你。
Writing style can be descriptive without being wordy - and wordy without being descriptive.
写作风格可以是描述性的而不啰嗦，也可以是啰嗦而不啰嗦。
The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed alone and write a good page.
作家除了独自躺在床上写一篇好文章外，没有别的责任。
I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.
我热爱写作，不知道为什么写作被认为是如此困难、痛苦的职业。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.
我没有写过我没有写过的故事。
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
如果你死后不会被遗忘，要么写一些值得读的东西，要么做一些值得写的事情。
Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.
愤世嫉俗者只是受挫的浪漫主义者。
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。
Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do.
对我来说，小说是我发现自己脑袋里在想什么的方式。所以当你和我做同样多的其他事情时，这是一件非常有用和关键的事情。
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。