"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story."
"A good story should make you laugh, cry, and throw up."
一个好故事应该让你又哭又笑，最后吐出来。
"The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense."
现实和虚构的区别？虚构必须合乎逻辑。
"Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water."
每个角色都应该想要点什么，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."
沉默是快乐的最佳使者：如果我能说出有多快乐，那我的快乐就很小了。
"The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then throw rocks at him."
作家的任务就是把主角逼上绝路，然后向他扔石头。
"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."
真相不是你希望的样子；它就是它本来的样子，你必须屈服于它的力量，否则就活在谎言中。
"A story is not a message with a plot wrapped around it, but a plot that may contain a message."
故事不是用情节包装的信息，而是可能包含信息的剧情。
"The most dangerous thing is to pretend that everything is fine when it's not."
最危险的事情是在情况不妙时装作一切正常。
"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."
写作是一种不被干扰的说话方式。
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