Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

  • -- Adlai E. Stevenson II 阿德莱·史蒂文森二世

准确之于报纸,犹如美德之于女士;但报纸总是可以刊登一份撤回声明。

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To me, the newspaper business was a way to learn about life and how things worked in the real world and how people spoke. You learn all the skills - you learn to listen, you learn to take notes - everything you use later as a novelist was valuable training in the newspaper world. But I always wanted to write novels.

对我来说,报纸行业是一种了解生活的方式,了解现实世界中的事物以及人们如何说话。你学会了所有的技巧——你学会了倾听,你学会了记笔记——你以后作为小说家所使用的一切都是在报界得到的宝贵训练。但我一直想写小说。

There is an accuracy that defeats itself by the overemphasis of details. I often say that one must permit oneself, and quite advisedly and deliberately, a certain margin of misstatement.

对细节的过分强调会让准确性自取灭亡。我常说,一个人必须允许自己,相当慎重和故意地,一定程度上的错误陈述。

The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace - you spend all your time trying to make sure that the reader's going to finish what you're writing.

在报业工作的一生教会你的一件事就是节奏——你把所有的时间都花在确保读者能完成你所写的东西上。

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

每个人都知道没有精细或准确的压制;如果你按住一个物体,你就按住了相邻的物体。