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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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The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.

最重要的自由是做真实的自己。你用现实换取了一个角色。你放弃了感觉的能力，作为交换，戴上面具。

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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。

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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

对于一项成功的技术，现实必须凌驾于公共关系之上，因为自然是不会被愚弄的。

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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.

作家也许声名狼藉，无可救药，或早衰或晚兴，但他们敢于单干。

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And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

而信仰的态度则与执着于信仰、执着于坚持恰恰相反。

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Calvino was not a writer of hits; he was a writer of classics.

卡尔维诺不是畅销书作家;他是一位古典文学作家。

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