The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written.

  • -- Elizabeth Bowen 伊丽莎白·鲍恩

对于第一次写作的作者来说,重要性必须远远超过所写内容的实际价值。

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I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams... Man... is above all the plaything of his memory.

我总是惊讶于一个普通的观察者是如何给予如此多的信任和重视醒着的事情,而不是那些发生在梦里的事情……男人。是他记忆中最重要的玩物。

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.

你从白日梦中得到灵感。你从无聊中获得灵感。你总是有想法。作家和其他人之间唯一的区别就是我们在写作的时候会注意到。

I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.

我告诉学生,我所拥有的机会是因为我有良好的教育背景。教育能让你脱颖而出。

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

大多数时候我引用自己的话。这不是傲慢,这是作家的工作。