A memorandum is written to protect the writer - not to inform his reader.

  • -- Dean Parker Acheson 迪安·帕克·艾奇逊

备忘录是为了保护作者而写的,而不是为了通知读者。

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If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate.

如果一个人认真对待他的写作,他一定要把它写好。但是他怎么能写得好,直到他学会看他写得不好。他在写作上的进步,以及对糟糕作品的认知,必然会以同样的速度展开。

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

一个女人要想写小说,就必须有钱,有自己的房间。