I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.

  • -- Fred Allen 弗雷德·艾伦

我不明白为什么一个人要花一年的时间来写小说,而他却可以轻易地花几美元买到一本。

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I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy - is what I know; that feeling is as comfortable and comforting as it might be for a different kind of person to stay.

我不擅长处理人际关系,也没有经历过很多长期的关系。我所知道的是,离开并继续前进——回到一种熟悉的自力更生和自主的感觉;这种感觉就像另一种人留在这里一样舒服和舒适。

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

我认为任何形式的阅读都是重要的。我认为一个想要学会喜欢阅读的人应该从他们感兴趣的话题开始,或者从他们感兴趣的人开始。

I've never been monogamous. It might happen, but it never has yet. I don't understand women, I'm off that kick.

我从未实行过一夫一妻制。这可能会发生,但从未发生过。我不懂女人,我不懂。

Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.

有时候你必须爬到很高的地方才能明白你到底有多小。