Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

  • -- Cyril Connolly 西里尔·康诺利

宁可为自己写作而没有公众,也不要为公众写作而没有自我。

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I've always appreciated working with people I have chemistry with, who are friends, and where you feel that the work is growing while you are getting to know each other better.

我一直很欣赏和我有化学反应的人一起工作,他们是我的朋友,在你们互相了解的过程中,你会觉得工作在发展。

What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention for power.

什么是公共历史?它不过是那些参与权力争夺者的成功与失望、罪恶、愚蠢和争吵的记录。

I've been busy and not busy, and busy is better. I've been busy, but I went through a lot of periods where it was lean for a lot of times.

我忙了又不忙,忙更好。我一直很忙,但我也经历过很多时期,很多时候都很拮据。

Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book.

瞧,别光盯着书页看,”我过去常对学生们说。“成为的人物。活在书里。

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

那些败坏公众思想的人就像那些从公众钱包里偷东西的人一样邪恶。

Art and commerce are not irreconciliable, they are inextricably intertwined.

艺术与商业并非不可调和,而是不可分割地交织在一起。