I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface.

  • -- David Mamet 大卫·马梅

我明白,我曾经认为电脑不过是一台雌雄同体的打字机兼文件柜,但它为懂网络的人提供了更强的沟通能力。我不认为这完全是一件坏事,不管表面上看起来如何。

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An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

一个作家的写作技巧中,一个绝对必要的部分,几乎和他的才能一样必要,就是在惩罚下站起来的能力,不管是这个世界给他的惩罚,还是他对自己施加的惩罚。

I remember interviewing someone I actually felt bad for, and therefore didn't want to take an ironic stance against him. It actually turned out to be a really funny piece.

我记得我面试过一个人,我真的为他感到难过,因此不想对他采取讽刺的态度。事实上,这是一篇非常有趣的文章。

In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous.

以一种非常复杂的方式,戏剧领域的情况有所改善。在你拥有好的和坏的之前,你不能把它们混在一起。现在更加模糊了。

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

没有人会完全相信别人。一个人可能完全相信一个想法,但不相信一个人。

I pray God may preserve your health and life many years.

我祈求上帝保佑你健康长寿。

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

是选择的能力使我们成为人类。