I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake and it really wasn't. I have drawers full of - or I did have - drawers full of rejection slips.

  • -- Fred Saberhagen 弗雷德·萨卜哈根

我立刻就成功了,因为我马上就卖出去了一些东西。我原以为会是小菜一碟,但事实并非如此。我的抽屉里——或者我确实有——装满了退稿单。

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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.

时间会消磨和减少一切,它会增加和增加善行,因为慷慨地给予一个通情达理的人的善行,会通过高尚的思想和记忆不断地增长。

I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours - so enjoy the view.

我认为你必须相信你的命运;你会成功,你会遇到很多拒绝,它并不总是一条笔直的道路,会有弯路——所以享受风景吧。

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.

所以,要成为一名艺术家,既要真实地展现你想要创造的世界,又要让它具有娱乐性,并在经济上取得成功,是很困难的。

I thought, 'If I'm going to die, I'm going to videotape it.' So I got out my little video recorder and was taping goodbyes to my family.

我想,‘如果我要死了,我会把它录下来。于是我拿出我的小录像机,录下了和家人告别的画面。

You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.

你习惯了被拒绝,你不会把它当成是针对你个人的。

Failure is a part of success.

失败是成功的一部分。