Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

  • -- Truman Capote 杜鲁门·卡波特

写作有透视法、明暗法,就像绘画或音乐一样。如果你生下来就知道这些,那很好。如果没有,学习他们。然后根据自己的需要重新排列规则。

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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.

每个人的皮肤下都住着几百个人。作家的才能在于,他能够赋予他们独立的名字、身份、个性,并让他们与与他生活在一起的其他人物联系起来。

The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.

人的尊严要求服从更高的法律,服从精神的力量。

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

伟大的格言作家读起来就好像他们彼此都很熟悉。

The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.

生态学的第一定律是一切都是相互联系的。