Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.

  • -- Katherine Mansfield 凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德

回首往事,我想我一直在写作。那也是胡扯。但写胡言乱语或任何事,任何事,总比什么都不写要好得多。

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I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two.

我总是给我的右脑写信。它们只是小纸条。右脑,喜欢从我这里得到小纸条,通常会在一两天内完成。

A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them.

作家是这样一种人,他能把人们想要表达的想法和情感表达出来,但却不确定应该如何表达,甚至是否应该表达。

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.

人类的故事只有两三个,而且还在不断地激烈地重复着,仿佛从来没有发生过一样。

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.

问一个作家对评论家的看法就像问灯柱对狗的感觉一样。