A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
If we are exhorted to play simple melodies with beauty rather than difficult ones with error, the same should be applied to writing; simple words greater effect.
如果我们被劝诫演奏简单优美的旋律，而不是有错误的困难旋律，那么写作也应该如此;简单的话效果更大。
The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.
我发现我的写作中最有价值的部分是当人们给我写信或在公共场合对我说话，告诉我他或她的生活是如何被我的书改变的。
The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.
艺术家处理无法用语言表达的东西。以小说为媒介的艺术家是用文字来表达的。小说家用语言表达了无法用语言表达的东西。
Genuineness is often sacrificed in order to showcase the author's control over the form and subject matter, the end result technically sound but emotionally cold.
为了展现作者对形式和主题的控制，作者往往牺牲了真实感，最终的结果在技术上听起来不错，但在情感上却很冷淡。
Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!
你不希望你有一份像我这样的工作吗?你所要做的就是想出一定数量的单词!另外，你可以重复单词!他们甚至不需要是真的!
But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.
但是，当我们像以前那样即兴表演和创作歌曲时，我们意识到布兰登是乐队里的一位伟大人物。谁知道呢?这是我们必须学习的东西。
A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal the true source of our actions.
一部小说必须展现真实的世界，人物的真实想法，事件的真实发生。一部小说应该以某种方式揭示我们行为的真实来源。
I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So it's partly just curiosity to see what you can do.
我写作是为了让自己继续下去。你的生活是围绕写作展开的，写作让你度过难关。所以部分原因是好奇想看看你能做什么。
Modern tragic writers have to write short stories; if they wrote long stories…cheerfulness would creep in. Such stories are like stings; brief, but purely painful.
现代悲剧作家不得不写短篇小说;如果他们写长篇故事，快乐就会悄然而至。这样的故事就像刺;短暂，但纯粹是痛苦。
I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
我记得有一次，当我开始为中音萨克斯管写作时，一个萨克斯手告诉我要把它想象成双簧管和中提琴的混合体，但声音要大一些。
I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing.
我正接近人生的一个阶段，我想全身心地投入到音乐中去，参加音乐会，写点东西。基本上，这就是我正在做的。
Most people keep their dreams to themselves, afraid to follow their hearts. Writers make their dreams a reality with each word, each line that flows from their pen.
大多数人把他们的梦想留给自己，害怕跟随自己的内心。作家们用他们笔下的每一个字，每一行字把他们的梦想变成了现实。
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One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
人之所以不能理解语言，是因为语言本身不能理解;不想明白。
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'
我死的时候，愿人说:‘他的罪是朱红的，他的书是被人诵读的。’
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
读书使人充实。善于交谈的人;写一个严谨的人。
For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.
对于一个失去家园的人来说，写作变成了生活的地方。
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。
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?