When you truly admire what someone has created, you implicitly admit that you will never be able to reach that standard yourself.

当你真正地崇拜某人的成就时，你就含蓄地承认你不可能达到那个标准。

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I just know I would never have got round to it, except that someone approached me and said "Will you write a novel based on this?"

我知道这总是免不了的，除非有人找到我跟我说：‘你能在这玩意的基础上写出一本小说吗？’

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I've learned... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

我明白了…机会从不落空，总有人得到你错过的。

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