They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

  • -- Lillian Florence Hellman 丽莲·海尔曼

作家们,他们喜欢谈论自己。如果我必须给年轻作家一些建议,我会说不要听作家谈论写作或他们自己。

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And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

他们写了无数的书;太骄傲、太分散、不能缄默。各人追求自己的高升、躲避自己的空虚。

Thought flies and words go on foot.

思想飞,言语走。