I had expected that writing a book from home would be the best sort of work there was.
我过去以为，呆在家里写书，是再好不过的差事了。If you mean you want to ask more questions about what I think of Tynan for your book, let me tell you right off, I have nothing more to say.
如果您是为了写书，想向我打听更多的情况，了解我对泰纳恩的看法，那么我干脆告诉您，我再无可奉告了。In lesser hands Ms Nasar's story might have degenerated into a series of pen portraits: tittle-tattle for the middlebrow.
要是写书的人水平差一点，纳萨尔女士的故事可能会退化为一系列人物特写：普通人闲聊的谈资。Writers write them for reasons that usually have a little to do with money and not as much to do with masochism as you might think.
作家们写书通常通常不太在乎赚钱，也不像人们所想的那样他们都是自虐狂。If you've read one of my books, thanks. I write them to be read, so without you, it would be a pointless exercise.
如果你读过我写的书，那么谢谢，写书就是为了让人读，如果没有你，那些书毫无价值。For a time she had been beset with a madness for writing notes which she addressed to Seth.
她曾经有一段时间害了怪毛病，象疯了似的给赛特写书柬。Anyway, she had not written it for the sales, or the royalties, or even for the fame.
反正，她写书也不是为了销售额，或是版权税，更不是为了名利。If I wrote a book, it would be a fictional story that relates to historical events.
如果我写书的话，那应该是一本与历史事件有关的虚构的故事。He did not find any gold. Instead, he found ideas for his books and stories.
他没找到金子，却在那里找到了写书写故事的题材。