The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
一个好故事不能被设计出来；它必须被提炼出来。
The tragedy of life is not that the beautiful things die young, but that they grow old and mean.
生活的悲剧不是美好的事物早逝，而是它们变老和变得卑鄙。
Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production.
没有魔法，就没有艺术。没有艺术，就没有理想主义。没有理想主义，就没有正直。没有正直，除了生产什么都没有。
I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it.
The faster we live, the less we feel.
我们生活得越快，感受得越少。
It is not a very fragrant world, but it is the world you live in.
The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.
There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.
I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.
我是一个偶尔喝酒的人，那种出去喝杯啤酒然后在新加坡醒来时满脸胡须的人。
The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer.
It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.
那是一个金发女郎。一个能让主教在彩色玻璃窗上踢出一个洞的金发女郎。
From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.
从30英尺外看，她看起来很有气质。从10英尺外看，她看起来像是为了从30英尺外看而打扮的。