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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It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.

这是生活中最令人悲伤的事情之一,尽管我们尽了最大的努力,但我们永远不能肯定能让人们幸福,而我们几乎总是能肯定能让他们不幸福。

It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.

的确,我正在从写专栏中抽身出来做其他事情,但这与亲爱的西蒙写过或没有写过的东西无关。

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

艺术家是被恶魔驱使的动物。他不知道他们为什么选择他,而且他通常太忙了,不知道为什么。

I don't mind sitting at home playing the guitar for a year as long as I'm making good films.

只要我在拍好电影,我不介意在家弹一年吉他。