A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.
我不能说我写作有任何社会目标。一个人写作是因为他热爱写作,真的。
There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.
没有公式。写每首歌都是一个小小的旅程。第一个音符要把你举起来。
I gave up worrying about the principles of fiction writing when I realized that there weren't any.
当我意识到根本不存在小说写作的原则时,我就不再担心它了。
The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.
在他的作品中,作者必须像宇宙中的上帝,无处不在,无处可见。
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
永远对比你年轻的人好,因为他们会写关于你的文章。
Sometimes stories cry out to be told in such loud voices that you write them just to shut them up.
有时候故事需要大声讲出来,你写出来只是为了让他们闭嘴。
Sometimes the things in our heads are far worse than anything they could put in books or on film!!
有时候,我们脑子里的东西比书里或电影里的任何东西都要糟糕得多!!
What is the essence of the art of writing? Part One: Have something to say. Part Two: Say it well.
写作艺术的本质是什么?第一部分:有话要说。第二部分:说得好。
Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.
不管是写弦乐还是别的什么,我都尽量写每个乐器演奏者都能做到最好的。
It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.
这是糟糕的写作,不管它写得多么自然主义,这就是你必须做最好的表演的地方。
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
几乎任何人都可以成为作家;生意就是从这种状态中获得金钱和名誉。
When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing.
当我钓鱼的时候,我想了很多关于鱼的事情,但是我也想到了我正在写的书。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
Writing is thinking on paper.
写作就是在纸上思考。
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。
A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.
作家必须教育自己,最卑鄙的事情莫过于害怕。
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
写小说有三条规则。不幸的是,没有人知道它们是什么。
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
一个女人要想写小说,就必须有钱,有自己的房间。