Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do.

  • -- Cory Doctorow 科利·多克托罗

对我来说,小说是我发现自己脑袋里在想什么的方式。所以当你和我做同样多的其他事情时,这是一件非常有用和关键的事情。

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We must have systems of checks and balances to make sure that those people who are making critical decisions for our country are held accountable, and nowhere is that more important than in the area of national security.

我们必须建立制衡体系,确保那些为我们国家做出关键决策的人承担责任,这一点在国家安全领域最为重要。

Everywhere I look, there are ads marking Mother's Day. Mostly they conform to stereotype: flowers, jewelry, perfume. Not a lot of books. Not many computers. Few tools. Little that's useful.

我看到的每一个地方都有母亲节的广告。大多数情况下,它们都符合刻板印象:鲜花、珠宝、香水。没有很多书。不是很多电脑。一些工具。小这是有用的。

Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.

每当一个学生经过一幢属于他的学院的非常紧急、富有表现力的建筑时,它都能帮助他确信,他确实有那样的头脑,有那样的灵魂。

For too long you've been lied to been told that sin is O.K. but it's talkin' you down, it's talkin' you down. There's really a better way.

太长时间以来,你一直被骗说,罪恶是可以接受的,但它在打击你,它在打击你。真的有更好的方法。

So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it.

很多时候,一张白纸比人们要说的话更真实,人们常常后悔毁了它。

I find it very hard not to be myself and maybe that does attract attention, but I'd be miserable if I wasn't.

我发现很难不做自己,也许这确实能吸引注意力,但如果我不这样做,我会很痛苦。

I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song.

我试着去找一些你能做的小事情来推动这首歌,以及为这首歌服务的事情。

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

我太自我批评了。我现在还在,但没那么糟了。

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

我不认为有人对评论提出异议是有用的。

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

一本好书不是写出来的,而是重写出来的。