When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.

  • -- Ernest Hemingway 欧内斯特·海明威

写小说的时候,作者应该创造活生生的人;人们不要字符。一个人物是一幅漫画。

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I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

我对待任何场景都是一样的——对话,动作——你仍然在创造一些角色。都是演戏,打架。

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

一本好的小说告诉我们关于主人公的真相;但是一部糟糕的小说告诉我们关于作者的真相。

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

影响一个孩子性格的适当时间是在他出生前一百年左右。

(Writing) - the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.

(写作)-把裤子的座位贴在椅子上的艺术。

There's something intimidating, yet exciting about a blank page.

空白页有些吓人,但又令人兴奋。

Literature is painting, architecture, and music.

文学是绘画、建筑和音乐。

A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.

小说是一面在大街上行走的镜子。

I don't think of myself as a writer.

我不认为自己是个作家。