To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice. It will save you a hell of a lot of trouble and give you more time to write.

-- Richard Hugo 理查德·雨果

要写一首诗，你必须有点傲慢——我希望不是在现实生活中。在现实生活中，尽量做个好人。它会为你省去很多麻烦，给你更多的时间来写作。

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There's no reason not to be in television now. You get to live at home and you're not on the road all the time, they pay you decent money, and the writing's good. You're not compromising for it, you know.

现在没有理由不上电视。你可以住在家里，而不是一直在路上，他们给你的薪水还不错，写作也不错。你不会为此妥协的。

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The parts of me that hurt the worst want me to write something for them, but I can't. I don't know what to say. I'm lost in all this sadness, and so are they.

我内心最痛苦的部分想让我为他们写点什么，但我不能。我不知道该说什么。我沉浸在所有的悲伤中，他们也是。

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Every time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn't have to pay me.

每次保罗和吉恩用我的化妆品，他们都要付给我一张版税支票。我想他们换了化妆品，所以不用付钱给我。

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Why should poetry have to make sense?

为什么诗歌必须有意义?

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