A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
劳动
Work
Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive.
和你一起写作是我活下去的唯一动力。
Only those who want everything done for them are bored.
只有那些想把所有事情都做好的人才会感到无聊。
I'm not working now, so I'm sort of facing the unknown.
我现在不工作，所以我要面对未知。
I find the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
我发现我越努力，我似乎就越幸运。
I want to do work, but I also want to have a good time.
我想工作，但我也想有一个美好的时光。
My ambition is to do a good job. I never plan anything.
我的抱负是把工作做好。我从不做任何计划。
Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.
在全世界范围内，低工资的劳动力是低效的劳动力。
All the things I love is what my business is all about.
我所热爱的一切就是我的事业。
On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that.
现在在有线电视上，作者是国王。任何演员都会追求这一点。
You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.
你尽力做好你能得到的报酬。
I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
我并不一定喜欢被我的职业所定义。
A freelance writer is paid per word, per piece, perhaps.
自由作家的报酬可能是每一个字，每一篇文章。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.
当看到任何重要的艺术作品时，请记住，更重要的作品可能已经被牺牲了。
Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.
每个读者都会发现自己。作者的作品仅仅是一种光学仪器，它使读者能够辨别出如果没有这本书，他可能永远不会在自己身上看到的东西。
Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action
语言应该被用作交流的工具，而不是行动的替代品
The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
艺术家就是从观察天才的作品中发现并应用规律的人，无论是人的还是自然的。工匠就是那些仅仅应用别人发现的规则的人。
What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.
人所拥有的，就应当使用;人所做的，就应当尽力去做。
You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.
如果你不去选择一些能激励你的东西，你就不会做好工作。