Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

不要满足于最好的书;从别人身上寻找闪光点;没有最喜欢的。

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I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books.

我从来都不满足于每三四年就写这么一本薄薄的书。我一直试图把诗歌看作是语言中的一种活跃成分,而不仅仅是出现在薄书封面之间的东西。

It's hard because I seek out strong female roles. I turn down a lot of stuff, not because it's not good, but because I don't want to play certain types of characters. I don't like to just play the pretty girl.

这很困难,因为我寻求强大的女性角色。我拒绝了很多东西,不是因为它不好,而是因为我不想扮演某些类型的角色。我不喜欢只扮演漂亮的女孩。

Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.

完美的女主人公,就像完美的英雄一样,是无法让人产生共鸣的,如果你不能设身处地为主人公着想,他们不仅不会激励你,书也会很无聊。

At the moment, I'm toying with a new idea for a book, but fully engaged with writing screenplays, so the book idea - which needs empty space in my head - is barely formed yet.

目前,我正在考虑写一本书的新想法,但我正忙于写剧本,所以我的书的想法——需要在我的脑海中留下空白——还没有形成。

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

我的冠冕叫知足,君王难得戴上。

We seek the truth and will endure the consequences.

我们追求真理,并将承担后果。