When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it.

  • -- Willie Morris 威利莫里斯

当一个作家心中有了家,他的心就必须与家保持微妙的距离。

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Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

无论我在生活中尝试做什么,我都全心全意地去做好它;无论我献身于什么,我都完全献身于它;在远大的目标上,在渺小的目标上,我始终是彻底认真的。

But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?

但是,对于离我们最近的那颗心,我们知道些什么呢?我们对自己的心了解多少?

Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.

虽然我写剧本,但我不认为我是一个很好的作家。

I'm a schoolteacher and a writer. So that's what I do.

我是一名教师和作家。这就是我要做的。