One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.

  • -- Alfred Kazin 卡津

一个人写作是为了在纸上、在时间上、在别人的心中为自己建立一个家。

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Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.

没有什么比音乐更能把两代人分开了。当一个孩子八九岁的时候,他对自己的音乐产生了一种热情,这种热情甚至超过了他对拖延症和古怪衣服的热情。

I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent.

我喜欢不那么疯狂但喜欢玩得开心的人……她体贴、善良、容易和你一起笑。一个你可以百分之一百五十做你自己的人。

A young writer is easily tempted by the allusive and ethereal and ironic and reflective, but the declarative is at the bottom of most good writing.

一个年轻的作家很容易被暗示性、空灵性、反讽性和反思性所吸引,但是陈述性在大多数优秀作品的底部。

Don't get it right, just get it written.

不要把它写对,只要把它写下来。