After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That's a big one, the napping on demand!

  • -- Maria Semple 玛丽亚·塞姆普

几十年来,我一直呆在写作室里,周围都是大喊大叫的作家。我喜欢掌控自己的时间,根据自己的节奏来解决问题,还喜欢午睡。这是个大问题,按需小睡!

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There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever before. We've never needed people to think more critically than now, and they've taken a big nap.

在这个国家,普通民众的批判性思维比以往任何时候都要少,更别提媒体了。我们从来没有像现在这样需要人们进行更批判性的思考,他们已经睡了个大觉。

I don't think evil people or negative people are inherently interesting all the time. People who are good people getting better at being themselves - to me, that's something that's really interesting to watch.

我不认为坏人或消极的人天生就很有趣。优秀的人更擅长做自己——对我来说,这是一件很有趣的事情。

My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in my life make basement recordings, so I feel very lucky, I'm surrounded by very creative people.

我丈夫是个音乐家。他会做饭,他是个厨师,但他也会在地下室录音。我生活中有很多人在地下室录音,所以我觉得很幸运,我周围都是很有创造力的人。

It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who I am and what I've become, the morals I have, and the people that I'm surrounded by.

这绝对是一场证明自己是一个好人的斗争。我为自己感到骄傲,为自己的成就感到骄傲,为自己的道德观感到骄傲,为周围的人感到骄傲。

Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap.

懒惰的工作原理。把它的健康益处融入你的生活的简单方法就是打个盹。

The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.

经验告诉我的主要事情是一个人必须磨练他们与时间的关系,你知道。