I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it.

  • -- Clifford Geertz 吉尔兹

我经常被指责把人类学变成文学,但人类学也是实地研究。写作是它的核心。

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Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed.

把小说改编成电影剧本,就像为一幅早已完成并装裱好的画画上一系列素描。

As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.

正如许多作家所说,如果作者对事件不感到惊讶,那么读者很可能也不会感到惊讶,并感到无聊。

My wife says I'm making a noise like a stranded whale. I think I have a major snoring problem.

我妻子说我发出的声音像搁浅的鲸鱼。我想我打鼾很严重。

A novel is no different than graffiti in a bathroom stall, it's just more pretentious.

小说和厕所隔间里的涂鸦没什么不同,只不过更装腔作势罢了。