Novelist Sinclair Lewis was scheduled to deliver an hour-long lecture to a group of college students aspiring to be writers. He began his talk with a question:
"How many of you really intend to be writers?"
All hands went up.
"In that case," said Lewis, "my advice to you is to go home and write."
With that, he left.
小说家辛克莱·刘易斯原定为一群立志成为作家的大学生进行一场长达一小时的讲座。他以一个问题开始了他的讲话：
“你们中有多少人真的打算成为作家？”
所有人都举起了手。
“既然如此，”刘易斯说，“我给你们的建议是：回家去，写吧。”
说完，他便离开了。
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