"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you".

  • -- Maya Angelou 玛雅·安杰洛

“没有什么比内心承受着一个不为人知的故事更痛苦的了”。

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The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

事实上,在我十几岁的时候,我就成为了一名创作型歌手,因为这是唯一能保证地球上有人会唱我写的歌的方法。从那时起,我几乎在任何地方演出:摇滚俱乐部、音乐厅、竞技场、电视。

I have a certain sensibility that I bring to my writing that comes from knowing two things: what I as a reader like to read, and what as a writer I am capable of. I know my own limits. I know there are things I cannot do.

我对写作有一种特定的情感,它来自于我知道两件事:作为一个读者,我喜欢读什么;作为一个作家,我能做什么。我知道自己的极限。我知道有些事我做不到。

You know, the point of a novel - or to me, the point of a novel, the gift of a novel is to go really deeply inside people's lives and inside their personal experiences.

你知道,小说的意义,或者对我来说,小说的意义,小说的礼物是深入人们的生活和个人经历。

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

如果说我从女人身上学到了什么,并试图传授给我的孩子们,那就是倾听。先听故事的另一面。

A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.

故事是一个人物想要什么,并克服冲突得到它。

Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside.

优雅来自于内在美和外在美。