A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
I write because I have to write; but I also write because there’s somebody out there, hopefully, who will read it.
我写作是因为我必须写作;但我写作的另一个原因是，希望有人能读到。
There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work.
没有什么比一个作家站在观众面前读他的作品更令人苦恼或厌倦的了。
The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems.
写第二部小说的难度似乎与第一部小说的成功程度成正比。
I am writing neither for prestige nor wealth. I am writing purely out of enjoyment and the desire to tell a story.
我写作不是为了名望，也不是为了财富。我写作纯粹是为了享受和讲故事的欲望。
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 average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.
一般的小说读起来总是像侦探的报告。它单调乏味，因为它从不客观。
Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.
作家常常被赋予一种引人注目的不快乐的天赋，这样他们就能记录下情感的全部深度。
Creation is a knack which is empowered by practice, and like almost any skill, it is lost if you don't practice it.
创造是一种通过实践获得力量的诀窍，就像几乎所有技能一样，如果你不实践，它就会消失。
A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.
一个好的(短篇小说)会把我从自己身上抽离出来，然后再把我塞回去。
The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.
艺术家在任何时候的任务都是毫不妥协的简单，去发现尚未完成的事情，然后去做。
First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.
第一人称叙述者是我知道如何用最大的力量和艺术成功的机会写一本书的方式。
For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power.
显然，大多数作家的优势是没有人看到他们。作者是无形的，这赋予了力量。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.
我为什么要写作?因为我发现生活令人不满意。
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
几乎任何人都可以成为作家;生意就是从这种状态中获得金钱和名誉。
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。
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
最可怕的时刻总是在你开始之前。