I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do.

  • -- Tom Stoppard 汤姆·斯托帕德

我写场景——通常是很长的场景——主要是因为我仍然被引诱写六行,其中一行半就可以了。

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When good friends fight, it's not about who wins/loses. It's about who forgives, forgets & still wants to be friends.

当好朋友吵架时,输赢并不重要。这是关于谁会原谅,忘记和仍然想要成为朋友。

Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing.

有时候我觉得唱诗班对我有点意见,因为我很久没唱歌了,但我能唱。

Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.

写作应该是困难的,痛苦的,可怕的练习,可怕的职业。

I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.

我不相信有来世,但我还是很期待能再见到我的哥哥。

I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

事实上,我曾想过写作,后来我想成为一名小说家。

If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.

如果你很穷,你不可能活得很长。