I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.

  • -- Joyce Maynard 乔伊斯·梅纳德

我认为自己是一个现实主义作家,而不是肥皂剧或情节剧的创作者。

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I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.

我什么都不满足,躁动不安,野心勃勃……我鄙视自己的虚荣心,虚荣心是我努力的一半动力。啊,但愿我是那些曾经着手犁地的迟钝而又聪明的傻瓜之一,什么也不怀疑。

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.

成就的一部分问题在于能够设定现实的目标,但这是最难做到的事情之一,因为你并不总是知道你要去哪里,你也不应该知道。

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

好作家向其他作家学习。伟大的作家直接剽窃他们的作品。

The New Look of Batman is more illustrative and realistic.

蝙蝠侠的新形象更具说明性和现实性。

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

在我成为作家之前,我是个十足的读者。

I push myself to the limit.

我把自己逼到了极限。