Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.

  • -- Irwin Shaw 欧文·肖

每个小说家都有不同的目的,而且常常是几个相互矛盾的目的。

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I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.'

我认为需要理解的一点是我们都是不同的。我从来不喜欢表演理论。我没有上过戏剧学校,所以我从来没有接受过那种被人说“这就是你应该表演的方式”所限制的训练。

You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?

你知道,这只是我工作的另一个展示,一个有趣的展示,因为纸牌和普通塔罗牌很不一样,不是吗?

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

天才常在一个有裂缝的罐子里,而不是在一个完整的罐子里。

Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

成功或失败往往是在画板上决定的。

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

伟大的人物有目标;其他人的愿望。

It's nice to feel that you have a purpose.

很高兴你有了一个目标。