A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end.

  • -- Chaim Potok 小说家波图克

一个非小说作家在他或她面前有一个人物的形状,并不断完善它。一部非小说作品并不像小说作品那么难写,但它最终并没有那么令人满意。

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I love shooting, when the character is interesting and the script is interesting, but the research beforehand is really fun. The whole process makes me anxious and restless, and I have trouble sleeping, just trying to figure out the character.

我喜欢拍摄,当角色和剧本都很有趣的时候,但事先的研究真的很有趣。整个过程让我焦虑不安,我无法入睡,只是想弄明白这个角色。

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost.

任何一个成年人,只要他认为自己像过去的父母和老师一样,可以变得内省,唤起自己的青春去理解他面前的青春,他就迷失了。

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

几乎所有的人都能忍受逆境,但如果你想测试一个人的性格,给他力量。

It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

我花了好几年的时间才明白,你不会掉进一桶黄油里,你会为它而跳。

I pretty much like all music except for country. I'm not a big fan of country.

除了乡村音乐,我几乎喜欢所有的音乐。我不太喜欢乡村音乐。

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.

如果你要两面派,至少要把其中一个弄漂亮。