Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

  • -- Iris Johansen 半月湾的男人

作家总是对自己很挑剔,我也不例外。我总是觉得也许我可以做得更好。

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The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science.

现代思维在精神上越来越具有批判性和分析性,因此它必须为自己设计一种表达引擎,这种引擎在任何一点上都是逻辑上站得住脚的,而且往往与现代科学的严谨精神相对应。

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

无论如何,我决不会说我丢了这样一件东西,但我已经把它找回来了。你的孩子死了吗?这是一种回报。你妻子死了吗?这是一种回报。你的财产被剥夺了吗?这不也是一种回报吗?

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don't destroy them. They lay golden eggs.

在广告公司里很少有天才。但我们需要我们能找到的一切。他们几乎无一例外地令人讨厌。不破坏它们。他们下金蛋。

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

这是一种常见的错觉,认为谈论事情会让事情变得更好。

Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception.

善良应该成为自然的生活方式,而不是例外。

Money is like muck - not good till spread.

金钱好比粪肥,撒到在大地才是有用之物。