Choose an author as you choose a friend.是什么意思？

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

选书如择友。

choose

vt. 挑选，认为…比其它更可取，决定或选定；vi. 选择，进行挑选；

例句
For added protection choose a lipstick with a sun screen.
选择防晒护唇膏来增强保护。

an

art. 一（在元音字母前代替不定代词a），一任一某一，一个；

例句
He started eating an apple...
他开始吃苹果。

author

n. 著作家，作者，创造者，发起人；vt. 创作出版；

例句
The author has abstracted poems from earlier books.
作者从以前的书中摘取了一些诗作。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

you

pron. 你，你们，您们，各位，大家；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

friend

n. 朋友，友人，资助者，助手，近亲；v. <诗>与…为友；

例句
She came in for a coffee, and told me about her friend Shona...
她进来喝了杯咖啡，并向我谈起了她的朋友肖纳。