Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

在所有的写作中,没有哪一种写作比幽默作品更容易出错,因为没有哪一种写作比幽默作品更有野心超越他人。

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The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.

你能做的最糟糕的事情就是在铅笔碰到纸的时候检查自己。在你把它全部写在纸上之前,你不能编辑。如果你能把一切都放下,意识流,你将为自己做一件事。

I sort of fall in love with every character I do; you have to understand how they became what they've become, whether they're the ugly kind or the very beautiful kinds of characters.

我爱上了我演的每一个角色;你必须理解他们是如何变成现在这个样子的,不管他们是丑陋的那种还是非常美丽的那种角色。

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

最高的树最受风的力量,雄心勃勃的人最受命运的摆布。

We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.

我们得救是本乎恩,不是本乎律法的作为。但是,不要那么快就把这项法律一笔勾销。

My head is too large, although I prefer to think it is large enough for my mind.

我的脑袋太大了,尽管我更愿意认为我的脑袋足够大。

All the poet can do today is warn. That is why true Poets must be truthful.

今天诗人所能做的只有警告。 这就是为什么真正的诗人必须诚实。

Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.

领导力是我在生活中真正想要超越的东西之一。

I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.

我认为所有的父母在寻找什么方面都是不同的。

I think sometimes we in the industry have to do ambitious projects.

我认为有时候我们这个行业不得不做一些雄心勃勃的项目。

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.

预测是非常困难的,尤其是对未来的预测。

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

没有犯罪行为比敢于超越他人更伟大。

Either it works or it doesn't.

要么成功,要么失败。