If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

  • -- Ernest Hemingway 欧内斯特·海明威

如果一个作家对他所写的东西知道的足够多,他可能会省略他所知道的东西。冰山运动的尊严在于它只有九分之一露出水面。

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The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy of a thousand accidents.

创造性的作家不仅是生活的受害者,也是生活的使用者;在他的作品中,他能够控制自我表现,而事实上,他的自我表现是受上千次事故的摆布。

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

一个人所要求的并不是财富,而是足以维护他的尊严、不受束缚地工作、慷慨、坦率和独立。

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

无论作者多么缺乏经验,文章的质量不可避免地会影响其表达方式。

Having the right to show up and speak are basic to survival, to dignity, and to liberty.

拥有露面和发言的权利是生存、尊严和自由的基础。