The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems.

  • -- Khaled Hosseini 哈立德·侯赛尼

写第二部小说的难度似乎与第一部小说的成功程度成正比。

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To love yourself, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity, and self-esteem. These are the qualities of grace that come directly from a soul with stamina.

爱自己,真正地爱自己,是最终发现个人勇气、自尊、正直和自尊的本质。这些都是优雅的品质,直接来自一个有毅力的灵魂。

I would like to say I've achieved goals, but really, modeling is all luck. You're not really achieving anything. The least hardworking person with a special face can be huge and have a whole world of success.

我想说我已经实现了目标,但实际上,做模特全靠运气。你没有真正取得任何成就。最不努力工作的人,拥有一张特别的脸,也可以是一个巨大的人,拥有一个成功的世界。

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes and always count their change when it is handed to them.

作家很少选择那些自成一体的人物作为朋友,他们从不惹麻烦,从不不开心或生病,从不犯错误,总是在别人给他们找钱的时候数数。

I like roundtables because you can talk more directly to people. And you also can get kind of a vibe on what a journalist's take is on something, and have a conversation with them more.

我喜欢圆桌会议,因为你可以更直接地与人交谈。你也可以对一个记者对某件事的看法有一种共鸣,和他们进行更多的交谈。

To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes.

要做一些你内心觉得很棒的事情,你需要犯很多错误。任何成功的事情都是一系列的错误。

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

有勇气讲陈词滥调的人总是一个成功的人。

Poetry must resist the intelligence almost successfully.

诗歌必须几乎成功地抵抗智慧。

You don’t make art out of good intentions.

你不会出于好意而创作艺术。