I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake.

  • -- Pete Maravich 皮特-马拉维奇

我靠天分过活。那是我致命的错误。

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We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

我们喜欢想自己有多聪明。但我认为作为一名作家的天赋是与生俱来的,它就在那里,至少是最基本的元素。你不能改变它,就像你不能选择用右手还是左手一样。

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

当我走到生命的尽头,站在上帝面前时,我希望我不会留下一丁点儿才能,我会说,‘我用尽了你给我的一切’。

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

一点点真诚是危险的,太真诚则绝对是致命的。

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

探究对确定性是致命的。