At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

  • -- Raymond Chandler 雷蒙德·钱德勒

至少有一半的悬疑小说出版违反了这样的法律:一旦真相大白,解决之道似乎是不可避免的。

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I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years ago. And it was all about the things that I didn't like about TV. I was trying to create a positive solution for it. And it actually worked.

大概一年半前,也就是两年前,我有了这个节目的想法。这都是关于我不喜欢电视的地方。我试图为它创造一个积极的解决方案。它确实起作用了。

I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.

我真的为我的丈夫和家人写了很多书。他们让我们更紧密地联系在一起,让我们可以讨论很久没有说出口的事情。

Mystery makes movie stars! If you see someone on the cover of the weeklies all the time, why would you want to pay to see them in a movie?

神秘造就电影明星!如果你总是在周刊的封面上看到某人,你为什么要花钱去看他们的电影呢?

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.

事情并不总是像看上去的那样。别让我开始上课,否则你要上四个小时的课。

Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death.

生活无法打败热爱写作的作家,因为生命本身就是作家至死不渝的爱。

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

想要得到最多认可的人得到的最少,而最不需要认可的人得到的最多。

It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight.

考虑到我的职业,这似乎有些矛盾,但我不喜欢成为众人瞩目的焦点。

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

每个人每天至少应该做两件他不喜欢做的事情,只是为了练习。

When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the problem.

当金钱被视为所有问题的解决方案时,金钱本身就成了问题。

Mystery is not profoundness.

神秘并不深奥。