When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something else.

  • -- Carl Hiaasen 卡尔·希尔森

当我在写自己的小说时,我尽量多读些非小说类的作品,尽管有时我也会崩溃一下,看看别的东西。

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I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

我将永远想做我内心深处想做的事情,无论我是否得到报酬,都没有任何意义。没关系。如果它对我有意义并且我想成为它的一部分,我就会去做。

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

事实上,每个作家,不管是小说还是非小说,都在尝试写一些真正原创的东西,这就是我认为我在做的。

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

一本好的小说告诉我们关于主人公的真相;但是一部糟糕的小说告诉我们关于作者的真相。

The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.

我童年最开心的事就是逗我弟弟大笑,笑得食物都从他鼻子里掉出来了。

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

这本小说对我来说是个意外。我真的不认为自己是个小说家。