The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak the truth.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

作家问一个人对他的作品有什么看法,这个人就会被施以酷刑,而没有义务说出真相。

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A good writer is basically a story-teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

一个好的作家基本上是一个讲故事的人,而不是一个学者或人类的救赎者。

A memorandum is written to protect the writer - not to inform his reader.

备忘录是为了保护作者而写的,而不是为了通知读者。