剧作家

“Attention, attention must be finally paid to such a person.”

“必须注意，必须最终关注这样一个人。”

“My life as a writer and as a South African is so much tangled up that the one is inseparable from the other. I couldn't have written as I did about anything else.”

“我作为作家和作为南非人的生活如此纠缠在一起，以至于两者不可分割。如果写别的什么，我不可能那样写。”

“I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.”

“我宁愿对恶一无所知，也不愿精通于它。”

“Медицина — моя законная жена, а литература — любовница.”

“医学是我的合法妻子，文学是我的情妇。”

“You got to go out and meet life halfway. Can't just sit around waiting on it.”

“你得走出去与生活半路相遇。不能只是坐着等它来。”

“Was ist ein Einbruch in eine Bank gegen die Gründung einer Bank?”

“抢劫一家银行和创办一家银行相比，又算得了什么？”

“在这个世界上，最痛苦的事就是在梦中清醒。”

“One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.”

“看待言语的一种方式是：它是掩盖赤裸的永恒策略。”

“Das Theater muss die Toten zum Sprechen bringen, damit die Lebenden sich hören können.”

“戏剧必须让死者说话，好让活着的人听见自己。当舞台空无一物时，历史就登场了。”

“Tusind Ord vil ikke efterlade saa dybt et Indtryk som en Handling.”

“千言万语留下的印象，不如一个行动来得深刻。”

“Top girls don't put themselves forward, / top girls seize the day. / Top girls keep their nerve and look / as if they're having a wonderful time.”

“顶尖女孩不主动出头，／顶尖女孩抓住时机。／顶尖女孩保持镇定，看上去／仿佛她们正过得精彩。”

“Così è (se vi pare).”

“如果你这么认为，那就是这样。”

“Plus l'obstacle est puissant, plus on reçoit de gloire.”

“障碍越大，克服它的荣耀也越大。”

“No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.”

“没有人能自信地说他明天还会活着。”

“A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.”

“一个能看见的鼻子，胜过两个只会嗅的。”

“Please open the curtains.”

“请拉开窗帘。”

“je ne peux pas continuer, je vais continuer.”

“我无法继续了，我会继续的。”

“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”

“所有人都会犯错，但一个好人在认识到自己走错了路时会改正，弥补过失。唯一的罪是傲慢。”

“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.”

“每一个出口都是另一个地方的入口。”

“原来姹紫嫣红开遍，似这般都付与断井颓垣。”

“A prayer for the wild of heart kept in cages.”

“为关在笼中的狂野心灵祈祷。”

“The world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come.”

“世界只会向前转。我们将成为公民。时候到了。”

“The course of true love never did run smooth.”

“真爱情的道路永远是崎岖多阻的。”

“A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude. He pounces. In the same way, I think a writer simply writes.”

“老虎不宣告自己的虎性。它直接扑上去。同样地，我认为一个作家只是写作。”