Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.

  • -- Ian McEwan 伊恩·麦克尤恩

我已经对布克奖免疫了。我认为我们需要一个更像普利策奖的奖项,在那里没有这样伟大的比赛。

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Well, I used to have a sister, but I never got to meet her because she died after two days, I think. So if I got a tattoo, it would probably have to be something to do with my sister. I actually want to get a tattoo when I'm older of something about her.

嗯,我以前有个妹妹,但是我从来没有见过她,因为她两天后就死了,我想。所以如果我有纹身,很可能和我妹妹有关。等我长大了,我真想给她纹个纹身。

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.

能够把自己所有的成功、失败和知识传授给别人,这将是一件很棒的事情。帮助别人,避免所有的火灾,痛苦和焦虑将是美妙的。

There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink.

只要一支笔和一瓶墨水,你就能看到你能做什么,看到你能做出什么样的质地、色调和颜色,这是一件很神奇的事情。

There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.

为他人构建好的工具是一种极大的满足感。