I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to.

  • -- Robert Caro 罗伯特·卡洛

我过去工作时间很长。然后我开始意识到我在下午写的东西,我通常都扔掉了。所以我比以前更早辞职了。

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The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.

这种创造性的行为只持续了很短的一段时间,就像闪电一样的给予和接受,这段时间刚好够你把相机调平,把稍纵即逝的猎物困在你的小盒子里。

There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive.

只要不使用破坏性的手段,想要获得工作报酬,或寻求收入最大化都没有错。

One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life...

吸引作家写作的原因之一是,他们可以在现实生活中犯错误的时候把事情做对。

I guess I'm quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.

我想我已经习惯了不被理解而不是被理解。

Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day.

写作就是学会什么都不说,每天都更聪明。