Every time I hear writers talk about 'the muse,' I just want to bitch-slap them. It's a job. Do your job.

  • -- Nora Roberts 诺拉·罗伯茨

每次我听到作家们谈论“缪斯女神”,我就想狠狠地打他们一巴掌。这是一份工作。做你的工作。

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The e-book does seem at the moment to threaten the livelihood of writers, because the way in which writers are paid for their work in the form of e-books is very much up in the air.

目前,电子书似乎确实威胁到了作家的生计,因为作家以电子书的形式获得报酬的方式还悬而未决。

One’s prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognise your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must live it to the full.

人的全盛期是难以捉摸的。你们这些小女孩,当你们长大后,必须时刻保持警惕,认识到你们在人生的任何阶段都可能处于黄金时期。你必须活得充实。

I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.

我认为花时间和你的孩子在一起是越来越重要的,因为他们似乎越来越难成功,因为他们的父母已经成功了。

I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the best I can do.

我喜欢鼓励有才华的年轻作家尝试帮助他们出版,等等,但仅此而已。这是我能做的最好的了。