A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.
我写作是为了给自己力量。我写作是为了成为我不是的角色。我写作是为了探索我所害怕的一切。
Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say.
毫无疑问，那些写长篇小说的人无话可说。 当然，那些写短篇小说的人就更不用说了。
When an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate them by his best.
当一个作家还活着的时候，我们通过他最差的作品来评价他的力量;当他死后，我们用他最好的方式来评价他。
In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book.
为了写你想写的书，最终你必须成为你想成为的那个人。
The job of the writer isn't to answer questions. The job of the writer is to ask the questions for which there are no answers.
作者的工作不是回答问题。作者的工作就是问那些没有答案的问题。
Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.
写作不是最简单的谋生方式。你的工作时间很长，通常都是一个人。这不是赚钱的方法。
Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
独创性不存在于单字或句子中。独创性是一个人的思想或写作的总和。
Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.
只有一半的文字表达了你的意思。另一半是阻止人们阅读他们所期望的你的意思。
After the children grew up, I began to focus on my writing. My first books were part of a trilogy... The 'Wind Dance' trilogy.
孩子们长大后，我开始专注于写作。我的第一本书是三部曲的一部分……“风舞”三部曲。
I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs
我不需要太显眼，每个人都有位置。虽然我还没有建立一个利基，我只是写情歌
Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.
我对写作过程中的每一件事都感到惊讶，因为对我来说，插图比写作更自然。
Writing a novel is like driving at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
写小说就像晚上开车一样。你只能看到车前灯那么远的地方，但你可以这样走完全程。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
诗歌是一种情感找到了它的思想，思想找到了语言。
With writing, we have second chances.
通过写作，我们有了第二次机会。
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。
Anything designed to be inoffensive isn't worth your time -- life itself is pretty offensive, ending as it does with death.
任何被设计成无害的东西都不值得你浪费时间——生命本身就是相当无礼的，就像它以死亡告终一样。
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
别告诉我月亮在发光;让我看看碎玻璃上的闪光。
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。