Little did I know that the whirlwind of daily journalism leaves no time to read a novel, much less write one.

我压根儿不知道每天四处奔波跑新闻，就不可能有时间读小说，更不用说写小说。

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"This will come as a shock to some people in our country who didn't think I could read a book, much less write one," he quipped.

他调侃道：“这对这个国家的某些人是个打击，他们认为我都不能读书，更别说写书了。”

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Think much, speak little, and write less.

多思考，少说话，再适当写一写。

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And it got better than I thought, quickly, and even still it wasn't something that I was going to write, much less direct.

CNN: How Tony Gilroy came back to 'Bourne'

While investment banking income at HSBC fell, this was hardly felt as personal and corporate loans stabilized and the write-downs were much less severe this time around.

FORBES: Euro Is Like Little Engine That Could, And Did

How can a computer possibly write something coherent and informative, much less entertaining?

FORBES: An Author Turns to Software to Take the Tedium out of Writing