A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.
我也相信，只有通过充实而刺激的生活，写作才会变得有价值，才会充满活力。
I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
我希望人们注意到我的写作能力是真实存在的，我不只是被困在一种情况下。
I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
我把这封信写得比平常长，只是因为我没有时间把它写得短些。
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
写下当下的想法。不期而至的往往是最有价值的。
Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.
只有当你要在书中说出你永远不敢对任何人吐露的事情时，你才会写书。
Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.
思想不是神奇;唯一棘手的部分是坚持一个足够长的时间把它写下来。
The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.
好的写作的秘诀是用一种新的方式说一件旧的事情或者用一种旧的方式说一件新的事情。
Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.
写作就像一段旅程，每一个字都是一个脚印，带我深入未知的土地。
The most important things in our intimate lives can't be discussed with strangers, except in books.
我们亲密生活中最重要的事情不能和陌生人讨论，除非在书中。
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。
The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.
作者要么是一个修行的隐士，要么是一个犯罪的、充满罪恶感的人——或者两者兼而有之。通常这两个。
When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.
当我写我的头两本书的时候，我还做着自由职业、教书和其他一些零活。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
最可怕的时刻总是在你开始之前。
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
不要在主题上使用太大的词。当你的意思是“非常”时，不要说“无穷大”;否则，当你想谈论一些真正无限的东西时，你就会无话可说。
I almost always urge people to write in the first person. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.
我几乎总是鼓励人们用第一人称写作。写作是一种自我的行为，你不妨承认这一点。
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。
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。’
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。