If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies.

  • -- William Faulkner 威廉·福克纳

如果一个作家不得不抢劫他的母亲,他不会犹豫:“希腊瓮上的颂歌”比任何数量的老妇人都值钱。

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Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name.

写作是一种声音,它从梦中召唤着我们,当我们认为没有人在看我们时,它从我们的眼角向外窥视,它是一种渴望,即使当我们认为自己应该是最幸福的时候,它也会让我们心碎,对此我们无法给出一个名字。

Every word Martone sets down, finally, a choice that limits the universe, their trail across the page a fossil record of some life's life-story.

最后,马托内的每一个字都写下了一个限制宇宙的选择,它们在书页上的轨迹是一些生命生命故事的化石记录。

Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.

我对写作过程中的每一件事都感到惊讶,因为对我来说,插图比写作更自然。

That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.

这是一个中学教师的概念——作者作为一个观察者。