偉大的作家

偉大的作家

（譯文）

從前有一個年輕人，他在青少年時期曾聲稱，他的誌向是成為一個偉大的作家。

當別人問到他對“偉大”的定義時，他回答說：“我要寫那種全世界的人都會讀的東西，那種會真正觸動人們情感的東西，那種會使人尖叫，哭泣，並在痛苦和憤怒中嚎叫的東西。”

現在，他服務於微軟公司，工作是編寫錯誤信息。

原文：

The Great Writer

There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer.

When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level. Stuff that will make them scream, cry, and howl in pain and anger!"

He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.