The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

  • -- Russell Baker 拉塞尔·贝克

我唯一适合做的就是当一名作家,而这种想法完全建立在我的怀疑之上:我永远不适合真正的工作,写作不需要任何条件。

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The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.

一本书好的部分可能只是一个作家偶然听到的,也可能是他整个该死的生活的毁灭,而其中的一部分和另一部分一样好。

In real life it doesn't always work out, people fall in love & then they fall out, hearts can break and never make a sound.

在现实生活中,这并不总是行得通的,人们坠入爱河,然后他们就会分手,心会碎,永远不会发出声音。

As a guest who doesn't eat, drink or smoke, you leave much to be desired, but as a writer, you're my girl.

作为一个不吃、不喝、不抽烟的客人,你有很多不足之处,但作为一个作家,你是我的女孩。

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

我一直认为任何人都能赚钱。让生活有意义,这才是真正的考验。

I was writing fiction, but not finishing fiction.

我在写小说,但没有写完。

Good writing is always new.

好的写作总是新的。