A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.

  • -- Terence Rattigan 拉提根

剧作家必须是他自己的观众。小说家可能几页就失去读者;剧作家一刻也不敢失去观众。

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It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were.

如今,推广某项产品的成本如此之高,以至于几乎总是把安全作为首选选项,回顾过去成功的产品。而且,人们根本没有时间去发展,去发现他们自己和他们的观众,就像我们一样。

As long as I can make an audience feel something, I don't care whether it's a good thing or bad thing, just to feel something is important to me.

只要我能让观众感受到一些东西,我不在乎它是好是坏,只是觉得一些东西对我来说很重要。

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.

玩这个游戏要比你输得起的更多…只有这样你才能学会游戏。

I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.

我不介意挨打,但我讨厌输。