कोई भी मूर्खतापूर्ण बात, अगर बार-बार दोहराई जाए, तो वह अकाट्य सत्य बन जाती है।
Any stupid remark, quoted often enough, becomes gospel.
Any stupid remark, quoted often enough, becomes gospel.
मैं जो कुछ भी लिखता हूँ, उसका मक़सद उससे आखिरी बूँद तक मुनाफा निचोड़ना होता है।
Everything I write is designed to be milked to the last drop of revenue.
Everything I write is designed to be milked to the last drop of revenue.
क्योंकि ज़िंदगी में रोमांच भरने वाली हर चीज़ की एक कीमत चुकानी पड़ती है, और रोमांच का यही नियम है। यह बात थोड़ी परेशान करने वाली है, पर सच यही है।
For there is a price ticket on everything that puts a whizz into life, and adventure follows the rule. It's distressing, but there you are.
For there is a price ticket on everything that puts a whizz into life, and adventure follows the rule. It's distressing, but there you are.
वह रोमांस में यकीन रखता है। वह किसी रोमांचक स्थिति में फंसे एक आम इंसान की तरह बस यांत्रिक हरकतें नहीं कर रहा है। वह अपनी समझ के मुताबिक, बेहतरीन तरीके से, ज़िंदगी का भरपूर आनंद उठाते हुए उसकी आखिरी बूँद तक निचोड़ रहा है।
He believes in romance. He isn't merely going through the mechanical movements of a man in an exciting situation. He is, vitally and positively squeezing the last drop of delight from living the best life he knows in the best way he can.
He believes in romance. He isn't merely going through the mechanical movements of a man in an exciting situation. He is, vitally and positively squeezing the last drop of delight from living the best life he knows in the best way he can.
मैं एक अजीब सा आदर्शवादी हूँ। लेकिन मेरा मानना है कि वह सब सच होकर रहेगा। क्योंकि, जब तक यह सच नहीं होता, यह दुनिया वीरान हो जाएगी। और मुझे पूरा विश्वास है कि यह सच हो सकता है।
I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will be laid desolate. And I believe that it can come true.
I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will be laid desolate. And I believe that it can come true.
अगर मैंने इसकी रचना करते समय इस बात को पूरी कहानी में अपनी जगह बनाते हुए नहीं देखा होता, तो शायद मैं इसे लिखता ही नहीं।
If I didn't see its place in the Saga when I planned it, I probably wouldn't write it at all.
If I didn't see its place in the Saga when I planned it, I probably wouldn't write it at all.
जब फिल्म 'डॉ. नो' रिलीज़ हुई थी, तब भी मैंने बॉन्ड का एक भी उपन्यास नहीं पढ़ा था।
I had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out.
I had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out.
1938 में, जब मैंने तय किया कि देश को देखने का एकमात्र तरीका एक मोबाइल वैन (ट्रेलर) में घूमना है, तो मैंने वह वैन खुद बनाई जो आज भी मेरे पास है और मैं उसमें अठारह महीने तक रहा। इस दौरान मैंने सैन डिएगो से लेकर कनाडा की सीमा तक, मियामी से लेकर न्यू जर्सी तक, और बीच में पूरब से पश्चिम तक पूरे अमेरिका को गहराई से जाना।
In 1938, when I had decided that the only way to see the country was in a trailer, and I built the trailer which I still have and lived in it for eighteen months, and learned America from San Diego to the Canadian border, from Miami to New Jersey, and east to west in between.
In 1938, when I had decided that the only way to see the country was in a trailer, and I built the trailer which I still have and lived in it for eighteen months, and learned America from San Diego to the Canadian border, from Miami to New Jersey, and east to west in between.
मुjh jaise aalsi vyakti ke liye yeh koi aascharya ki baat nahi honi chahiye ki woh apne likhne ki har cheez mein kanjoosi ki had tak kifayati ho.
It should cause no surprise that anyone so lazy as myself should be economical to the point of miserliness with everything he writes.
It should cause no surprise that anyone so lazy as myself should be economical to the point of miserliness with everything he writes.
baki ke chaar upanyas aur kahaniyon ka ek dher, jinhon ne bachaye rakhne layak nahi samjha tha, unhe dobara chhapne ke sabhi anurodhon ko thukrakar mita dene ki puri koshish ki hai, aur mujhe ummeed hai ki maine unhe dhoondhna mushkil banane ka kaam achhi tarah kiya hai.
Others, amounting to four novels and a mess of short stories which I did not think worth preserving, I have done my best to eliminate from the record by refusing all requests for permission to reprint them, and I hope I have done a good job of making them hard to unearth.
Others, amounting to four novels and a mess of short stories which I did not think worth preserving, I have done my best to eliminate from the record by refusing all requests for permission to reprint them, and I hope I have done a good job of making them hard to unearth.
unki aankhon ki chamak saaf bata deti hai ki ve kisi surkhi ki ummeed kar rahe hain, jiska matlab zahir hai ki koi apmaanjanak baat hogi, kyunki vivad se behtar khabar koi nahi hoti.
The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.
The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.