You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

  • -- Octavia E. Butler 奥克塔维亚·E·巴特勒

你一开始写不好东西。你一开始写的都是废话,你认为这是好东西,然后渐渐地你就能写得更好了。这就是为什么我说最宝贵的品质之一是坚持。

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It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because of their environments.

在我看来,许多作家,由于文化、艺术和教育的环境,由于他们所处的环境而潜移默化地写作。

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

读书使人充实。善于交谈的人;写一个严谨的人。