The writer uses her childhood as raw material for this novel.

作者将她的童年时代作为这部小说的素材。

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I have not, as Kant enjoined, regarded each man as an end in himself, but as material that might be useful to me as a writer.

正如康德劝告的那样，我从来没有把认识某人作为目的，而是将其当作对一个作家有用的创作素材。

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Focus on the Things that DO! For example: if you're a writer, the only thing that matters is the material you create.

例如：如果你是一个作家，唯一重要的事情是你所创作的素材。

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This is hardly fresh material, but Derek Cianfrance, the director and co-writer, has fashioned it into something of startling directness and intensity.

NEWYORKER: Blue Valentine

All these outlets demand a huge turnover of material, and the most obvious target for a desperate sketch-writer is politics.

ECONOMIST: Blair and the comedians

The material discussed in this account is so rich and varied that it might have overwhelmed a lesser writer.

ECONOMIST: English history