伟大的作家

伟大的作家

（译文）

从前有一个年轻人，他在青少年时期曾声称，他的志向是成为一个伟大的作家。

当别人问到他对“伟大”的定义时，他回答说：“我要写那种全世界的人都会读的东西，那种会真正触动人们情感的东西，那种会使人尖叫，哭泣，并在痛苦和愤怒中嚎叫的东西。”

现在，他服务于微软公司，工作是编写错误信息。

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.