Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.

  • -- Jules Renard 儒勒·列那尔

文学是一种职业,你必须不断向没有才华的人证明你的才华。

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It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility.

值得怀疑的是,人类是否最感激那些像培根和巴特勒那样从文学宝库中挖掘黄金的人,还是最感激那些像佩利那样净化它、盖章、确定它的真正价值并赋予它货币和效用的人。

Self-expression is for babies and seals, where it can be charming. A writer's business is to affect the reader.

自我表达是为婴儿和海豹准备的,在这些地方会很迷人。作家的职责是影响读者。

Restrictions and writing shouldn't mix. Let your mind be open. Let it be a creative canvas.

限制和写作不能混为一谈。敞开你的心扉。让它成为一幅有创意的画布。

Always remember too much ego will kill your talent.

永远记住,过于自负会扼杀你的才能。

My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.

我的嘴唇很大,但我的才能更大。

Literature is the immortality of speech.

文学是不朽的语言。