A writer has to be both boxer and trainer at the same time, and Franzen's trainer is a hard-ass.

一个作家必须同时既是拳击手又是教练。弗兰岑这个教练十分“凶悍”。

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People would say that I went to study with the "Great Jay Maisel", but there was no studying with him, you busted your ass and worked hard.

人们会说我去向‘伟大的Jay Maisel’学习了，但是这里没有学习，只有卖力干活。

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The running man returns not Jason Bourne but a new character, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), another hard-ass special-ops agent who defies his superiors and keeps on moving when they try to eliminate him, racing from continent to continent and across shantytown rooftops, through crowded marketplaces, down alleyways.

NEWYORKER: The Bourne Legacy