I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.

I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.

说到阅读，我是个好学者，但你给我一支笔，我却是个墨迹斑斑的作家。

-- John Millington Synge 辛格