Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

有些书不应该被遗忘;没有一个是不值得记住的。

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I'm sure you're aware, with the time it takes to put these books together, everything can suddenly start coming out at once even though I wrote anything between one and five years ago.

我相信你们都知道,随着把这些书放在一起所花的时间,所有的东西都可能突然开始同时出现,即使我在一到五年前写过任何东西。

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

逗他们笑,逗他们哭,逗他们笑。人们去剧院是为了什么?情感的运动。我是人民的公仆。我从来没有忘记这一点。

I wasn't really writing with anything commercial in mind I just wanted to create some new music.

我写歌并不是为了商业目的,我只是想创作一些新的音乐。

While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk.

在等待摩西带领我们进入应许之地的时候,我们忘记了如何行走。

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

无论你什么时候读一本好书,世界上总有一扇门会打开,让更多的光线进来。

I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

事实上,我曾想过写作,后来我想成为一名小说家。