The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.

  • -- William Golding 威廉·戈尔丁

作者可能知道他写一本书的意思,但是他应该马上忘记他写这本书的意思。

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It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.

我为每月固定收入所写的两本书,也是我非常喜欢的作品,而不是像面包和黄油那样,因为你必须做,所以你要做。

My way of thinking is to create a situation where we rally everyone together and create peace and pardon people, to not forget about the past - because we need to learn from it - but to mainly think about the future.

我的想法是创造一种局面,让我们团结所有人,创造和平,宽恕人民,不要忘记过去——因为我们需要从中吸取教训——而是主要考虑未来。

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy of a thousand accidents.

创造性的作家不仅是生活的受害者,也是生活的使用者;在他的作品中,他能够控制自我表现,而事实上,他的自我表现是受上千次事故的摆布。

No, I didn't forget Samoan - I understand it when you talk to me but, you know, to put phrases together I sound like I do in English.

不,我没有忘记萨摩亚语——当你和我说话的时候我能理解,但是,你知道,把短语放在一起,我听起来就像我在说英语一样。