I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.

  • -- Frederik Pohl 弗雷德里克·波尔

我想写一个小前言,说历史毕竟是建立在人们的回忆之上的,而这些回忆是随着时间而变化的。

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And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very deeply at a situation, unlike in real life when we just kind of snap something out.

写小说的好处是,你可以慢慢来,有时花九年的时间和角色坐在一起,深入地观察一个场景,不像在现实生活中,我们只是简单地拍出一些东西。

Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy.

我能信任谁?你必须投资于一个人,而你很可能会投资于一个欺骗你的人。我被骗过几次,但现在我变得更精明了。

When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.

当我第一次开始写作时,是通过音乐。我会想出一些歌曲的创意,然后把它们变成故事,再把它们变成小说。我对音乐有偏见。

Basically, the start of my thinking process is: 'OK, if you didn't have to worry about re-election, what would you be doing?' That's kind of how I'm starting to think.

基本上,我开始思考的过程是:‘好吧,如果你不用担心连任,你会怎么做?“我开始这么想了。

I wouldn't say jamie is an evil genius. I'm not sure he's evil and I'm not sure he's a genius.

我不认为杰米是个邪恶的天才。我不确定他是否邪恶,也不确定他是否是天才。

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

什么时候才有时间去回忆,去筛选,去权衡,去估计,去合计呢?