A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren't that terrific.

  • -- James Patterson 詹姆斯·帕特森

很多时候,你让人们写精彩的句子和段落,他们爱上了他们的散文风格,但故事真的没有那么精彩。

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The film camera's ability to physically move through space, not zoom through space - every time we have a video camera the movement is through zoom; every time we have a film camera it is a physical movement.

胶片相机在空间中运动的能力,而不是在空间中变焦的能力——每次我们有摄像机时,运动都是通过变焦的;每次我们有一个胶片相机,它都是一个物理运动。

If you can actually get someone to sit on the edge of their seat and feel nervous if there's a knock at the door, then you've done something pretty terrific as a writer.

如果你真的能让一个人坐在他们座位的边缘,并且在有人敲门时感到紧张,那么你就已经作为一个作家做了一些很棒的事情。

I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book.

我会为句子而苦恼。主要是因为你想用句子创造特殊的效果,因为书中有很多不同的声音。

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?

我有两本书是很久以前出版的。我开始读大约三句话。我得把它关上。我太难为情了。我以为我是谁?

There was a point in time when I was in dire need of changing the way the model agency was working.

有一段时间,我迫切需要改变模特经纪公司的运作方式。

Hills are terrific for running.

小山非常适合跑步。