A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
把你的作文通读一遍，当你遇到一篇你认为特别好的文章时，把它删掉。
If my father were still writing essays, every full-grown ‘girl’ would probably be transformed into a ‘woman’.
如果我父亲还在写文章，每个成年的“女孩”都可能变成“女人”。
I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to tell a story.
我写小说是因为我很想写。我相信这是足够的理由开始讲一个故事。
In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.
事实上，有人可能会说，小说家的技巧归根结底是利用强度的能力。
Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.
写很多东西然后上街。一个跟不上时代潮流的作家是不会有出头之日的。
The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication.
当一个人把他的想法写在纸上的时候，从某种意义上说，他是在为出版而写作。
The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
写作需要不断地回到过去的阴影中，时间像幽灵一样徘徊。
Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.
不要试着想象大量的观众。没有这样的读者——每个读者都是不同的人。
I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.
我认为在写作和表演上都有很多过度的解释。人们不需要被击中头部。
I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl be not being able to write about it.
我从小就知道什么是死亡。我唯一的遗憾是不能把它写下来。
I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot.
我本身并不想出名，但我想尽可能长时间地写书。我计划写很多。
When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.
写小说的时候，作者应该创造活生生的人;人们不要字符。一个人物是一幅漫画。
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。
I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.
我真的会设身处地地为角色着想。
An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.
艺术家是被恶魔驱使的动物。他不知道他们为什么选择他，而且他通常太忙了，不知道为什么。
I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.
当我做得很好的时候，我有一种很好的温暖的感觉，但是这种快乐被每天开始的痛苦抵消了。让我们面对现实吧，写作是地狱。
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
鸟唱歌不是因为它有答案，而是因为它有一首歌。
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。