I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.

  • -- Norman Mailer 梅勒

我认为谈论一个人目前的工作是不好的,因为它从根本上破坏了创造性行为。它释放张力。

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Never believe anything a writer tells you about himself. A man comes to believe in the end the lies he tells himself about himself.

永远不要相信作家告诉你的关于他自己的任何事情。一个人最终会相信他对自己说的关于自己的谎言。

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

如果我必须给年轻作家一些建议,我会说不要听作家谈论写作或他们自己。