Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

其他任何一位作家都渴望得到赞扬;词典编纂者只能希望逃脱指责。

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It's always a dream to be on the cover, it's one of the things an athlete always aspires to do, to be on the cover of a videogame, but I never thought I would get to do it this quick.

上封面总是一个梦想,这是一个运动员一直渴望做的事情之一,上电视游戏的封面,但我从来没有想过我能这么快做到。

Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.

给那些想要在没有任何恼人延迟的情况下取得成功的年轻作家的建议:不要写男人,写男人。

I aspire to give no more than a faithful account of men and things as they have mirrored themselves in my mind.

我只想忠实地描述我心目中的人和事。

Writing doesn’t get easier with experience. The more you know, the harder it is to write.

随着经验的积累,写作也变得越来越难。你知道的越多,写作就越难。