All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?

  • -- Steven Saylor 史蒂文·赛勒

所有的写作都是一种自我探索的行为。甚至购物清单也能反映出你的一些情况;一本小说又能说明什么呢?

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It took me a long time to find out that I was born to be an actor. It was the last thing on my list, although my list was very small. I didn't know what to do. But kids weren't supposed to know what to do back then; we were all cute and we'd find out what we'd do later in life.

我花了很长时间才发现我生来就是当演员的料。这是我清单上的最后一件事,尽管我的清单很小。我不知道该怎么办。但那时孩子们不应该知道该做什么;我们都很可爱,我们会发现我们以后会做什么。

I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.

我不记得我妈妈曾经和我玩。她是一个非常好的母亲。但是她得洗衣服、打扫房间和去杂货店买东西。

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.

当我还是个孩子的时候,有时我很饿,我常常梦想有一天我会被锁在杂货店里。