I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

  • -- Iain Banks 伊恩·班克斯

我不太相信奖项——当然,我从来没有赢得过任何奖项,这和我获奖没有任何关系!

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Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week.

在我们每个人的生命中,死亡都是一个确定的事实。下个星期,将会像上星期一样,充满痛苦、悲伤和悲伤。

The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better.

这些人的恢复力是惊人的。我坚信,我们越早在这个领域开展运动,就越好。

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

一个人必须活得像一团明亮的火焰,尽可能地燃烧。最后他筋疲力尽了。但这比一个卑鄙的小火焰要好得多。

There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.

我一生中发生过两件大事。一个是电车,另一个是迭戈。迭戈是迄今为止最糟糕的。

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

我非常相信研究。在我写故事之前,我必须了解一个地方。

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

事实是,并不是每个人都能出版。