"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story."
"A good story should make you laugh, cry, and throw up."
一個好故事應(yīng)該讓你又哭又笑,最后吐出來。
"The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense."
現(xiàn)實和虛構(gòu)的區(qū)別?虛構(gòu)必須合乎邏輯。
"Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water."
每個角色都應(yīng)該想要點什么,哪怕只是一杯水。
"Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much."
沉默是快樂的最佳使者:如果我能說出有多快樂,那我的快樂就很小了。
"The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then throw rocks at him."
作家的任務(wù)就是把主角逼上絕路,然后向他扔石頭。
"Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie."
真相不是你希望的樣子;它就是它本來的樣子,你必須屈服于它的力量,否則就活在謊言中。
"A story is not a message with a plot wrapped around it, but a plot that may contain a message."
故事不是用情節(jié)包裝的信息,而是可能包含信息的劇情。
"The most dangerous thing is to pretend that everything is fine when it's not."
最危險的事情是在情況不妙時裝作一切正常。
"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."
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