The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing.

  • -- Isabel Allende 伊莎贝尔·阿连德

事实上,人们认为当你卖了很多书,你不是一个严肃的作家,这是对读者的极大侮辱。当人们试图说这样的话时,我有点生气。

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People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not have national health insurance. We are the richest in wealth and the poorest in health of all the industrial nations.

人们准备好说,‘是的,我们准备好了单一支付者医疗保险。我们是世界上唯一没有国民健康保险的工业化国家。在所有工业国家中,我们的财富最丰富,健康状况最差。

Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates for oneself and wishes to reproduce.

当然,另一种更严肃的方式是,人们在诗歌和语言中发现了一些适合自己的特质,并希望复制。

I do not say think as I think, but think in my way. Fear no shadows, least of all in that great spectre of personal unhappiness which binds half the world to orthodoxy.

我不是说想就想,而是用我的方式思考。不要害怕阴影,尤其是那种把半个世界都束缚在正统观念上的巨大的个人不幸幽灵。

A lot of people are surprised to hear that an actor studied for two or three years. They take the craft for granted and wanna just wake up and be an actor.

听说一个演员学习了两三年,许多人都很惊讶。他们认为这是理所当然的,只想一觉醒来成为一名演员。

Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.

塞勒斯能把狗拉出来表演。我是认真的。他太棒了。世界可能会分崩离析,而他仍保持中立。

Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality.

成功不是美德的证明。就一本书而言,迅速获得好评是缺乏实质内容和独创性的假定证据。

To be a feminist, you could cut your hair really short. You have to be really angry about something.

作为一个女权主义者,你可以把头发剪得很短。你必须对某件事非常生气。

The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.

写作最重要的是……写作。屁股坐到椅子上干活。

Soon it's all going to be digital anyway. It's all going to be saved on a little coin somewhere.

无论如何,很快一切都将数字化。这些钱都存到某个小硬币上了。

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it.

当一个作家心中有了家,他的心就必须与家保持微妙的距离。

Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.

不管他们朝我们扔什么。只有愤怒的人才能赢得足球比赛。

Many people can and have written books, but many have nothing to say.

许多人能写书,也写过书,但许多人无话可说。

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.

有点轻蔑也无妨;有点轻蔑是有诱惑力的。

Yeah, I went to ACT for a while. It was great.

是的,我去演了一段时间。这是伟大的。