A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad.
我发现写一篇关于好的广告的演讲比写一篇好的广告要容易得多。
I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift.
我喜欢到处走走，想写什么就写什么。有工具吗?这真是个礼物。
I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
我认为，大多数作家等到灵感迸发时才写作，其实是在等待恐惧消退。
If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship.
如果你足够年轻，任何一种你在短时间内写的东西都是一个了不起的学徒期。
Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.
优秀的作家也一样，他们曾经知道更好的词，现在只用四个字母的词写散文…任何事情都可能发生。
Rereading parts of your novel while writing is like doubling back at rerunning parts of a marathon mid race.
写作时重读小说的部分内容就像在马拉松比赛中途重播部分内容时翻了一倍。
That’s the magic of revisions – every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.
这就是修改的魔力——每一次修改都是必要的，每一次修改都是痛苦的，但总会有新的东西在成长。
Whenever there's something wrong with your writing, suspect that there's something wrong with your thinking.
每当你的写作有问题时，就怀疑你的思维有问题。
Centuries of travel yore suggest that when we no longer know where to turn, our real journey has just begun.
几个世纪前的旅行表明，当我们不知道该去哪里时，我们真正的旅程才刚刚开始。
I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world.
我不记得我为什么开始写作，也不记得我是如何开始写作的，但我认为这一直是一种理解世界的方式。
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.
文学是一种写作的艺术，它可以被反复阅读;新闻是马上就能抓住的东西。
Always be "opportunity-ready" - The greatest door-opening opportunities often come in the form of objections.
时刻“准备好机会”——最大的开门机会往往以反对的形式出现。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
How do I know what I think until I see what I say?
我怎么知道我在想什么，直到我看到我所说的?
A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.
一个好的故事应该引发讨论、辩论、辩论……偶尔的酒吧斗殴。
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。
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
最可怕的时刻总是在你开始之前。
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。
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
写作没什么。你所做的就是坐在打字机前流血。