A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people.
对于那些永远害怕无名威胁的人来说，写作是一种很好的治疗方法。紧张不安的人。
Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.
在写作的世界里，我所做的一切，都是为了扩大表达，而不是关闭它。
Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.
菲茨杰拉德先生，我相信他的名字就是这样拼写的，他似乎认为剽窃始于家庭。
Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.
写作就像呼吸一样，你可以学会把它做好，但关键是无论如何都要去做。
My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form.
由于我所处的环境无法减轻我的责任，而且总是让我分心，所以我不得不采用短篇小说的形式。
Sometimes it's impossible to say certain things ... Writing is something needed by man to share experience.
有时候你不可能说出某些话……写作是人类分享经验所必需的。
Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
写作并不一定是一件让人感到羞耻的事情，但一定要在私下里写，然后再洗手。
There are people who think that things that happen in fiction do not really happen. These people are wrong.
有些人认为小说中发生的事情并没有真正发生。这些人错了。
Sometimes I scare myself at how easily I slip inside my mind and live vicariously through these characters.
有时候，我很容易就会把自己吓到，因为我很容易就会潜入自己的内心，通过这些角色来实现自己的想法。
When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
当你使用语言的时候，你就能让你的思维保持活跃。写作是我重申自己存在的方式。
I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative.
我认为，随着我继续写作，我希望我的作品会变得更具争议性和煽动性。
Yeah, man I am going to be writing a book soon. The reality of being in a rock band in the music business'.
是啊，伙计，我很快就要写书了。在音乐行业加入摇滚乐队的现实。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.
像专业人士一样学习规则，这样你就能像艺术家一样打破规则。
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。
A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated.
很多人来找我，问我是如何在完成这么多工作的同时，仍然看起来那么心不在焉。
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。
After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.
在被众多出版商拒绝后，他决定为子孙后代写作。