A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.
当我停止工作，剩下的时间就是死后的日子了。我只有在写作的时候才真正活着。
Any fool can write a book and most of them are doing it; but it takes brains to build a house.
任何傻瓜都能写书，而且他们中的大多数人都在写;但是盖房子需要头脑。
It’s not the word made flesh we want in writing, in poetry and fiction, but the flesh made word
在写作、诗歌和小说中，我们想要的不是“有血有肉”这个词，而是“有血有肉”这个词
I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
我在空中拿到了我城堡的钥匙，但是我能否打开门还有待观察。
A writer fails, not when a reader is not moved; but when, as a reader, the writer is not moved.
作家失败，不是因为读者没有被感动;但是，作为一个读者，当作者没有被感动的时候。
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
没有道德或不道德的书。书要么写得好，要么写得不好。
Writing is more than a gift. It is a struggle that blesses those who see it through to the end.
写作不仅仅是一种天赋。这是一场斗争，祝福那些坚持到底的人。
People who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might have become very successful liars.
那些写小说的人，如果他们没有接受，可能会成为非常成功的说谎者。
Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.
当我写歌的时候，考虑到数百万人的因素并不是一个好主意。我从来没这么做过。
Many of the characters are fools and they're always playing tricks on me and treating me badly.
很多角色都是傻瓜，他们总是捉弄我，对我不好。
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
很少有好书被写出来的原因是很少有人会写任何东西。
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
宁可为自己写作而没有公众，也不要为公众写作而没有自我。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
正确的单词和几乎正确的单词之间的区别就像闪电和闪电虫之间的区别一样。
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。
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
很长一段时间以来，我一直试图尽我所能写出最好的作品。有时候我运气好，写得比我能写的更好。
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。
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
不成熟的诗人模仿;成熟的诗人偷窃。