Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous.

见鬼，一切你都可以尝试，不论是最寻常的闷俗套路，还是令人发指的过激场景。

And dad slappd her face and tolld her not to be so goddam nasty to her brother.

可是爸爸在她脸上打一巴掌。叫她不可以这样对哥哥那么恶列。

I hit the Emergency Stop button, thinking the goddam thing was stripping its gears or something.

我揿了急停键，以为是不是这个倒霉机器有零件掉了。

That includes Christmas, the Fourth, and my birthday (at my age you try to ignore your goddam birthday anyway) .

包括圣诞节、国庆节还有我的生日（在我这把年纪，反正生日总是宁肯不过最好）。

The guy was so goddam elegant he was beginning to annoy me.

这家伙太他妈优雅了， 他开始惹恼我了。

The stories -- these goddam stories -- the stories we tell ourselves become lies over time.

这些故事— — 这些该死的故事—— 我们告诉自己的故事随着时间的推移变成了谎言。

And the slots that pay best is the most valuable secret on the whole goddam Strip.

最赚钱的老虎机是整个该死的大道上最有价值的秘密。

Just as I can see your partner is just another goddam badge flasher with a power complex.

就像我看到的那样， 你的搭档只是另一个带有权力复合体的该死的徽章闪光器。

I... Listen, Ailene, you think I'm the only goddam lawyer in history ever missed a court date?

我。听着，Ailene，你认为我是历史上唯一一个错过了开庭日期的该死的律师吗？

Now get those goddam golf-sticks out of here and send the boy to the Astor with them and this guy's bags.

现在把那些该死的高尔夫球杆从这里拿走， 把那个男孩连同它们和这个人的包一起送到阿斯特。

" This is Sewell Endicott, " he said, as if he didn't know his goddam secretary had already fed me his name.

“这是休厄尔·恩迪科特， ” 他说，好像他不知道他的混帐秘书已经把他的名字告诉了我。

“The rats down in that basement were big as cats, ” he said. “Some of them, goddam if they weren't as big as dogs.”

“那边地下室里的老鼠个头像猫那么大，”他说，“有的啊，妈的，简直有狗那么大。”

You're supposed to be writing, dammit, if only so that your colleagues will have something to critique as they toast their goddam marshmallows there in the main lodge.

你是来写作的，见鬼，你得写出来，那帮同伴们在主楼里烘热了倒霉的棉花糖之后，才会有东西可评。

You think I'm going to cry in your lap and ask you stroke my head because I'm so awful goddam lonely in the great big jail?

你认为我会在你膝上哭泣， 并要求你抚摸我的头， 因为我在巨大的大监狱里太他妈的孤独了？

You think any goddam private eye is going to quote law at me over this, mister, you got a hell of a tough time coming your way.

你以为任何该死的私家侦探都会就此向我援引法律， 先生，你遇到了一段艰难的时期。

" Hell no, " she said dully. " Take me home. I'm getting tight. Why'n hell couldn't you dream up something else to talk about except these goddam hoodlums" ?

“见鬼，不，” 她闷闷不乐地说。“带我回家。我越来越紧张了。除了这些该死的流氓， 你他妈的为什么就不能想出别的话题来谈” ？

Same thing with Stillson, only backwards: I wanted him to be authentically nasty and really scare the reader, not just because Stillson is always boiling with potential violence but because he is so goddam persuasive.

斯蒂尔森也是同理，反过来就行：我想把他写成个坏到骨子里的家伙，让读者看得不寒而栗，不仅因为斯蒂尔森总是处在暴力大爆发的边缘状态，更是因为这家伙实在太有煽动性。