In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn't be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink.

  • -- Catherine Drinker Bowen 包恩

写传记时,事实和虚构不能混为一谈。如果是的话,虚构的观点应该用红墨水打印,事实应该用黑墨水打印。

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Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.

每一个事实一方面与感觉有关,另一方面又与道德有关。思想的游戏是,在这两方面的一个方面出现后,找到另一个方面:给定上面的一面,找到下面的一面。

You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself.

你要检查事实是否正确,但如果我读了所有关于我的文章,我最终会对自己感到完全没有安全感。

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

我的工作是写作。我是拿薪水的。你上次听到有人挑战医生从癌症中赚钱是什么时候?

A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.

一本书证明了人类有能力使用魔法。