No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words.

  • -- Roddy Doyle 罗迪·道尔

不管一个故事有多贴近个人经历,你都不可避免地会进入一个不属于你的部分,事实上,不管它是否发生过,都变得无关紧要。关键在于选择正确的词汇。

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It's a question of why they come for your advice. Whatever I tell you, it doesn't matter, it is completely irrelevant in a way. I know so many actors who were discouraged and put that aside. You will get half-baked opinions.

问题是他们为什么来征求你的意见。无论我告诉你什么,都无关紧要,在某种程度上完全无关紧要。我认识很多演员,他们都很沮丧,把这些放在一边。你会得到不成熟的意见。

The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.

房子必须让每个人都满意,而艺术作品则不然。这件作品是艺术家的私事。房子不是。

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.

知识永远是一个程度的问题:你不能把手指放在最简单的数据上,然后说我们知道这一点。

I've always said, 'I don't want to be irrelevant.'

我总是说,‘我不想成为无关紧要的人。’