I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

我宁愿看时刻表或目录,也不愿什么也不看。它们比一半的小说更有趣。

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I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs.

我年复一年地翻看我们的目录,我发现有一段时间我们写了一些很棒的歌曲。然后突然间,我们又去了两三个月,没有什么好听的歌。

Because when you love something, you want to do it all the time, even if no one is paying you for it. At least that's how I felt about drawing.

因为当你爱上一件事的时候,你想一直做下去,即使没有人付钱给你。至少我对画画的感觉是这样的。

When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.

当你看起来像从目录中走出来的时候,这从来都不是好事。人们不应该屈服于潮流,他们应该理解潮流。

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

战争是残酷的。试图改革它是没有用的。它越残酷,就会越快结束。

When it is spring time, the grass will even grow under a big stone.

春天的时候,草甚至会生长在一块大石头下。

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

总有一天,那些认为自己能赢的人会赢。