A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

  • -- Ring Lardner 拉德纳

许多年轻的作家会犯这样的错误,把一个贴好邮票、写好地址的信封放在信封里,信封足够大,可以把手稿寄回来。这对编辑来说诱惑太大了。

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The only thing that's really riled me up in the last ten years has been the White Stripes. That's the one band that's gotten me competitive, and that's good.

在过去的十年里,唯一真正让我生气的是白色条纹。这是唯一一支让我有竞争力的乐队,这很好。

Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given a typewriter.

米勒并不是真正的作家,而是一个喋喋不休的人,有人给了他一台打字机。

Writing is not just the technical act of your fingers on the keyboard. Writing is living.

写作不仅仅是手指在键盘上的技术动作。写作是生活。

My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.

我的写作不是来自快乐的时刻,而是来自挣扎和悲伤。

I'm a schoolteacher and a writer. So that's what I do.

我是一名教师和作家。这就是我要做的。

To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

不做坏事是好事,不存更好的打算。