The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

  • -- Terry Southern 剧作家邵

写作中最重要的是让人惊讶的能力。不是震惊——震惊这个词已经过时了——而是震惊。

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The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

重要的问题不是,什么能使人获得一些分散的快乐,而是什么能使他的生活总体上幸福。

Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.

把剧本写对是你在电影中要做的最重要的事情。

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

不要相信别人。他们有能力成为伟人。

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.

电影具有如此生理的能力。