Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.

  • -- Philip Dormer 菲利普·多默

礼貌是在一个合理的时间内回信,就像它是在一个鞠躬,立即返回。

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I had an idea in the beginning to do a book about some of the events that I had covered, just various stories that I've covered. Reporters spend a lot of time telling each other tales about how they covered stories, and that's what this book started out to be.

一开始我有个想法写一本关于我报道过的一些事件的书,就是我报道过的各种各样的故事。记者们花很多时间互相讲述他们如何报道新闻的故事,这就是这本书的初衷。

The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.

我收到的关于“玫瑰之名”最有趣的来信来自中西部的人们,他们可能并不完全理解,但想要了解更多,他们对这幅不是他们自己的世界的画面感到兴奋。

People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.

人们会给我写恐吓信。当我还是白人的时候,我怎么敢代表西班牙裔呢?我试图让他们明白这是种族歧视。

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

如果你想长命百岁,你必须及时成为一个老人。