There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances.

  • -- Evelyn Waugh 伊芙琳·沃

没有诗意的想法;只有诗意的话语。

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Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.

有时我知道一个词的意思,但我已经厌倦了它,觉得需要一个不熟悉的,特别精确或诗意的词,也许一个细微的差别,以迎合我的读者细腻的敏感性。

I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas, regardless of what some writers think.

我学会了尊重思想,无论它们来自何方。他们通常来自客户。不管一些作家怎么想,客户经理通常都有很大的创意。

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

诗歌是语言的命运之一……有人会说,诗意的意象,就其新颖性而言,为语言打开了一个未来。

To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is to swear off having ideas.

发誓不犯错误是很容易的。你所要做的就是发誓不再有想法。