I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.

  • -- Edith Wharton 伊迪丝·沃顿

我从未见过一部小说,尽管根据作者的政治观点进行了改编,但仍能写得很好。

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The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds.

对一个作家的考验,不只是看他在报纸上发表的文章有多少……但有很多文章真正在年轻人的头脑中扎根。

My parents divorced when I was born, and my mother is a political science professor, like a feminist Mormon, which is sort of an oxymoron.

我的父母在我出生的时候就离婚了,我的母亲是一位政治学教授,就像一位女权主义的摩门教徒,这有点自相矛盾。

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.

我了解到,下棋也会对该国的政治气候产生影响。

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.

一定要去作者那里了解他的意思,而不是去发现你的意思。