Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess.

  • -- Robert Adamson 罗伯特·亚当森

我想我的计划是写诗,出版书,以写诗为生。我想这是一个雄心勃勃的计划。

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I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my wife says I look like I just came home from a funeral. This is not bragging. This is an illness.

当我写作时,我从不笑或微笑。当我写了一上午的信回家吃午饭时,我妻子说我看起来就像刚参加完葬礼回家一样。这不是吹牛。这是一种疾病。

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.

我担心的是,歌剧将成为一种具有历史意义的艺术形式,而不是一种活生生的东西。

I live not in dreams but in contemplation of a reality that is perhaps the future.

我不是生活在梦里,而是在沉思一个可能是未来的现实。

The music lets me see the story but the story doesn't let me write the words.

音乐让我看到故事,但故事不让我写歌词。

A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.

可怜的人生如果这样,充满了牵挂,我们就没有时间站着凝视。

The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.

我在书中强调的问题是福利改革。

I don't publish the books to make money, not at all.

我出版这些书不是为了赚钱,一点也不是。

A book that remains shut, is but a block.

开卷有益。

To live is to feel oneself lost.

活着就是觉得自己迷失了。