A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
创造
Creation
I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.
我不写诗，然后弹一些和弦，然后把单词放在和弦上。
Many fiction writers eventually want to feel that their work forms a single, unified entity.
许多小说家最终都希望他们的作品能形成一个统一的整体。
I know that I haven't powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.
我知道我没有足够的能力把自己分成挣钱的人和创造的人。
I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.
我在工作中从来不“说”任何话。我创造了一个世界。让别人来决定你在说什么。
There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it.
我们的世界有一些特定的现实，而我恰好在其中富有创造力。
There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.
在切入主题方面，编剧可以从词曲作者那里偷取很多东西。
I have been writing now for over a week. I find it cleansing, refreshing; it is good for me.
我已经写了一个多星期了。我发现它清洁、清爽;这对我有好处。
If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in people's faces.
如果我没有写作，我就会跑到街上向人们扔手榴弹。
For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.
对我来说，给乐队命名是真正写歌词的先驱，因为我不用写标题。
I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.
我觉得不同的故事来自我大脑的不同部分。
I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant.
我很幸运没有一份真正的工作，能够表达自己，有创意，有意义。
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
在创造的过程中，唯一困难的事情就是开始:一片草叶并不比一棵橡树更容易制作。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Human beings are creators, flinging powerful images into the minds of their fellow men. And all of these images are built of tiny particles of thought.
人类是创造者，把强有力的形象抛入同胞的脑海。所有这些图像都是由微小的思想粒子构成的。
Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.
热情是充满灵感、动力和一点点创造力的兴奋。
Designis a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.
设计对我是个启示。这就像把没有生命的东西赋予它形式、形状、实质和生命。
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.
创造力就是把事物联系起来。当你问有创造力的人他们是如何做某件事的，他们会感到有点内疚，因为他们并没有真正做这件事，他们只是看到了一些东西。过了一会儿，他们觉得很明显。这是因为他们能够把自己的经历联系起来，并综合新的事物。
He who has made a thousand things and he who has made none, both feel the same desire: to make something.
创造了一千种东西的人和没有创造任何东西的人，都有一个共同的愿望:创造一些东西。
Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.
创造性的工作是非常困难的，这就是测试的所在。