A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
不要在主题上使用太大的词。当你的意思是“非常”时，不要说“无穷大”;否则，当你想谈论一些真正无限的东西时，你就会无话可说。
I can't play bridge. I don't play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn't seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window.
我不会打桥牌。我不打网球。人们学到的所有东西，我都很钦佩，但似乎没有时间去做。但有时间做的是往窗外看。
At the moment, I'm toying with a new idea for a book, but fully engaged with writing screenplays, so the book idea - which needs empty space in my head - is barely formed yet.
目前，我正在考虑写一本书的新想法，但我正忙于写剧本，所以我的书的想法——需要在我的脑海中留下空白——还没有形成。
Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.
好的批判性写作是通过对主题的感知和评价来衡量的;由于必须保持批评家的专业地位，写不好的批评文章。
Somebody would say, `Can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?' And I'd say, `Yes, of course,' because I was a hungry young journalist.
有人会说，‘你能给我们写一篇关于浪漫小说的文章吗?我回答说，“是的，当然。”因为我是一名饥肠辘辘的年轻记者。
When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum.
当你的预算比较少的时候，我想当你写作的时候，你脑海中要考虑的一件事就是你要把人物的数量降到最低。
I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts.
我非常不喜欢写我自己或我的作品，当被要求写自传体材料时，只能给出一个简单的时间提纲，其中没有相关的事实。
Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.
优秀的小说不是由正统的嗅探者写的，也不是由对自己的正统感到良心不安的人写的。好的小说是由不害怕的人写的。
Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do.
对我来说，小说是我发现自己脑袋里在想什么的方式。所以当你和我做同样多的其他事情时，这是一件非常有用和关键的事情。
It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.
在我看来，那些曾经很好的歌曲，我与它们的创作没有多大关系。这些话刚刚从我的袖子里爬了出来。
If your work is done on the phone, then surely you can set up some kind of wireless system. If your work involves reading or writing reports, then this too could be done outside.
如果你的工作是在手机上完成的，那么你当然可以建立某种无线系统。如果你的工作涉及阅读或撰写报告，那么这也可以在室外完成。
I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to.
我过去工作时间很长。然后我开始意识到我在下午写的东西，我通常都扔掉了。所以我比以前更早辞职了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
我从来不想和一个写得比读得多的人交谈。
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 really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.
我真的会设身处地地为角色着想。
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
如果你死后不会被遗忘，要么写一些值得读的东西，要么做一些值得写的事情。