No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.

  • -- Irwin Shaw 欧文·肖

没有作家需要为自己感到遗憾,如果他写作和享受它,即使他没有得到报酬。

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I don't believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn't pay anything, and that sort of thing.

我不赞成踢掉梯子。我指的是我作为一个年轻作家所攀登的阶梯,那些不收费的小杂志,诸如此类的东西。

If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling.

如果我伤害了别人,如果我不小心戳到了别人的眼睛,我会笑。然后我会说,‘对不起,我真的很难过,’但接着我就在地板上打滚了。

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

作为一名作家,你的首要职责是为取悦自己而写作。你对任何人都没有义务。

I took it all for granted, I'm sorry to say.

很抱歉,我认为这一切都是理所当然的。