To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

要对一个著名人物的性格作出公正的评价,就必须以他所处时代的标准,而不是以我们这个时代的标准来判断。

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In workshopping short stories I learned how to get character down, and how to work with ratios of literal to fantastic to make a world that people can believe in even if it's a little wild or out there.

在工作购物的短篇小说中,我学会了如何塑造人物性格,以及如何运用文字与幻想的比例,来创造一个人们可以相信的世界,即使这个世界有点狂野或狂野。

I just really love doing what I do. I know every career is fleeting and there will be time periods when I don't get the opportunities that I'm getting right now, so I am taking advantage of them.

我真的很喜欢我所做的事情。我知道每个职业都是转瞬即逝的,总有那么一段时间我得不到现在所拥有的机会,所以我在利用它们。

Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress.

在没有意识到这一点的情况下,即使在最痛苦的时候,个人也会按照美的法则来安排自己的生活。

We must know when to make repairs in our characters and when alterations.

我们必须知道什么时候该修改我们的性格,什么时候该修改。

Fame is a mind - a way of thinking about things. It's all in your mind.

名声是一种思想——一种思考事物的方式。一切都在你的脑海里。

I was for sure not prepared for fame when it happened.

当它发生的时候,我肯定没有准备好出名。