I spent every night until four in the morning on my dissertation, until I came to the point when I could not write another word, not even the next letter. I went to bed. Eight o'clock the next morning I was up writing again.

  • -- Abraham Pais 亚伯拉罕·派斯

我每天晚上都要写论文,直到凌晨四点,直到我不能再写一个字,甚至连下一封信都写不出来。我上床睡觉了。第二天早上八点,我又开始写作了。

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I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories.

当我写一本书的时候,我每天大约写五千字,如果我在写短篇小说,我每天大约写三千字。我在项目之间会有很长一段时间的休息,当我读很多书,整理花园,思考下一本书或故事的时候。

As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.

只要人们最担心的事情,让他们夜不能寐的事情,是他们是否要在早上工作,那么他们就不太可能抗拒不公平的改变,不公平的待遇,或者是工作中实际工资的削减。

As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remember the airplane trip to be taken in a few hours or the lecture scheduled for the afternoon.

随着年龄的增长,人们很可能会在早上忘记几小时后的飞机旅行或下午的讲座。

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.

电脑不能代替判断,就像铅笔不能代替识字一样。但是不用铅笔写作并没有什么特别的优势。

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.

因为困苦的一夜,好像一千个晚上。对那些安然无恙的人来说,死亡只是多一个夜晚。

Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.

城市就像猫一样,会在晚上出现。