The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

作者自己是对自己作品的最佳评判者;没有人对这个问题进行过如此深刻的思考;没有人对这一事件如此真诚地感兴趣。

相关名言

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds.

对一个作家的考验,不只是看他在报纸上发表的文章有多少……但有很多文章真正在年轻人的头脑中扎根。

No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

不,这不是一个很好的故事——它的作者忙于倾听其他声音,而没有尽可能地去倾听来自内心的声音。

When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

当我在范哈伦的时候,我弹的音符超出了我的能力范围。我从来没去找过那些收银机,直到艾迪把它从我身上拿出来。

The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can see why it's so addictive.

现场表演的肾上腺素和电影或剧院里的任何东西都不一样。我明白为什么它如此上瘾了。