The difference between a novelist and someone who tinkers around with writing is this: novelists finish their books.

  • -- Nancy Etchemendy 南希·艾奇门迪

小说家和胡乱修改写作的人的区别在于:小说家完成他们的作品。

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I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean to.

我确信有很多事情我应该以不同的方式去做。但我想我没有踩到任何人。如果我有,我也不是故意的。

Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, natural science at a stand, philosophy lame, letters dumb, and all things involved in darkness.

没有书籍,上帝是沉默的,正义是休眠的,自然科学是站着不动的,哲学是瘸腿的,文字是哑的,一切都与黑暗有关。

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

但是,如果你没有读过每一页,你怎么知道一个结局对角色来说是否真的是好的呢?