Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.

  • -- Edward Albee 爱德华·阿尔比

好的作家定义现实;坏的只是重述它。一个好的作家能把事实变成真理;一个糟糕的作家往往会适得其反。

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Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.

节俭、谨慎和简朴的生活是需求的主宰,它们常常能完成与之相反的事情,而手头有一笔财富却做不到这一点。

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.

在商业中,文字就是文字,解释就是解释,承诺就是承诺,这是一条不可改变的定律——但只有业绩才是现实。

Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites.

性格相对的人可能会互相吸引,但我不会把钱花在经济上相对的人身上。

In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.

在电影中,你拍摄的顺序是不一致的,所以现实的问题就被排除在外了。

The role of a writer is not to say, what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.

作家的角色不是说我们都能说什么,而是我们不能说什么。

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

只有具有邪恶意识的作家才能使善具有可读性。