My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader.

  • -- David McCullough 戴维·麦卡洛

我的简短回答是,我试着写我想读的那种书。如果我能把它写得清晰、有趣、引人入胜,那么我希望读者也能喜欢。

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I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it more, but you don't really.

我总是想,当人们不喜欢某些东西的时候,我总是说,如果我有另一个成功,我会更享受它,但你并不真的喜欢。

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

我不会改变任何东西——要改变它,我必须写一本完全不同的书。

I used to like whiskey. But it's been a long time since I've been drunk.

我过去喜欢威士忌。但我已经很久没喝醉了。

Every burned book enlightens the world.

每一本烧过的书都照亮了世界。