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If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies.

  • -- William Faulkner 威廉·福克纳

如果一个作家不得不抢劫他的母亲，他不会犹豫:“希腊瓮上的颂歌”比任何数量的老妇人都值钱。

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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

写作需要不断地回到过去的阴影中，时间像幽灵一样徘徊。

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I can write better than anyone who can write faster, and I can write faster than anyone who can write better.

我能写得比任何人都快，我也能写得比任何人都快。

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It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

能参与一部回归基本元素的电影真是太好了——角色和精彩的剧本。

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An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.

编辑应该告诉作者他的作品比实际要好。不是好多了，是好多了一点。

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