A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.
诗人写感情,试图为强烈的感情找到语言和意象。
A Piece of writing has to seduce the reader, it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust.
一篇文章必须吸引读者,它必须停止怀疑,赢得读者的信任。
What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.
写作到底是关于什么的?而是试着更全面地把握你生活的现实。
If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.
如果作者更像一个读者,他就会是一个读者,而不是一个作家。就这么简单。
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
智慧是各种思想的突然结合,在它们结合之前,人们并不认为它们之间有任何关系。
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
没有作家的眼泪,就没有读者的眼泪。作家不感到惊讶,读者也不感到惊讶。
Regardless of the popular literary trend of the times, write the thing which lies close to your heart.
不顾时代流行的文学潮流,写出你内心深处的东西。
Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.
总的来说,写作从来就不是我所说的乐趣。这是充实的。这对我来说并不容易。
I'd rather be caught holding up a bank than stealing so much as a two-word phrase from another writer.
我宁愿在抢劫银行时被抓住,也不愿从另一个作家那里偷走哪怕一个两个字的短语。
I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.
我从不认为我所写的任何东西都带有任何政治色彩。我不想评论。
I'm the first to admit that I don't write right. Now, relax and enjoy the show! The sideshow, that is.
我是第一个承认我写得不对的人。现在,放松下来,享受这场表演吧!那就是杂耍。
I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions.
我不再只写忧郁的东西,我强调要涵盖广泛的情感。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
You are what you write.
你写的就是你自己。
I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept.
我写的愿望成真——出于某种原因,一个可怕的概念。
Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.
愤世嫉俗者只是受挫的浪漫主义者。
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。