After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year.

  • -- Robert Benchley 本奇利

一位作家去世一段时间后,他的出版商每年都很难从他那里得到一本新书。

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In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that's never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing?

在人们认识我的所有时间里,有没有人听过我谈论过快速记录或以最多的触地得分结束比赛的重要性?所以如果这对我来说从来都不重要,那为什么这就是我继续打球的动力呢?

The publisher is a middleman, he calls the tune to which the whole rest of the trade dances; and he does so because he pays the piper.

出版商是一个中间人,他指挥着整个行业的节奏;他这么做是因为他付了钱。

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.

我的第一部小说被一些世界上最著名的出版商拒绝了。重新开始是件很痛苦的事。

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.

正如生物的诞生最初是畸形的一样,所有的创新,也就是时间的诞生,也是畸形的。

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

我们的死人对我们来说从来不是死的,除非我们把他们忘掉。

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

过去永远不会消逝。它甚至还没有过去。