The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.

从某种意义上说，文明的历史就是工程的历史，即为使自然的力量为人类的利益而进行的长期而艰苦的斗争。

The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time.

工作室似乎没有培养出好的作品。他们对此并不感兴趣，但他们更感兴趣的是最近发生了什么。他们对赚钱是非常认真的，这并不是一件错误的事情，但你不必总是以同样的方式赚钱。

The stuff you learn beforehand will never be one-tenth as useful as the stuff you learn the hard way, on the job.

你事先学到的东西永远不会比你在工作中辛苦学到的东西有用十分之一。

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

投入工作的时间是不会浪费的，这是智慧的总和。

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

最大的成就是模糊了工作和娱乐的界限。

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.

辛勤工作的汗水是不会表现出来的。表现得受到神的青睐要优雅得多。

The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without understanding the system. It isn't what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance.

系统是艺术作品;艺术的视觉作品就是这个系统的证明。没有对系统的理解，就无法理解视觉方面。重要的不是它看起来像什么，而是它是什么。

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being.

理想情况下，历史教师的工作不应仅仅是对过去文化的描述，而应是我们所生活的文化的一种表现，我们正越来越多地生活在这种文化中。

The team pulled together very well, whatever we tried worked.

这个队配合得很好，我们所做的一切都很有效。

The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

职业的考验是对其中所包含的苦差事的热爱。

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.

对艺术家的考验不在于他怀着怎样的意志去工作，而在于他创作的作品是否出色。

The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.

让我更加坚信这一点的是，我在过去四年里在全国范围内参与了“儿童安全运动”。我很惊讶这些小孩子是怎么让他们的父母知道他们在那里是干什么的。

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.

头衔总是排在最后。我真正努力的是开始。从哪里开始呢?你用什么语调开始?我几乎要在脑海中有一个场景。

The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.

我工作所需要的工具是纸、烟草、食物和一点威士忌。

The trouble that they see me in is a part of my life that I'm working on.

他们看到我的麻烦是我生活的一部分，我正在努力。