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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With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. Network television is trying to figure it out. Network television really relies on story rather than character, and cable relies on character.

随着有线电视的兴起,网络显然陷入了困境,因为有线电视上的角色远比网络上的角色更吸引人。网络电视正试图解决这个问题。网络电视真正依赖的是故事而不是角色,而有线电视依赖的是角色。

I've been on the show for six years and I don't even know what her history is. I sort of make things up in my mind, but I think it's hard for an audience to follow and invest in a character when they don't have the details.

我上这个节目已经六年了,我甚至不知道她的过去。我在脑海中有一些想法,但我认为当观众不了解一个角色的细节时,他们很难理解并投入其中。

You may be able to take a break from writing, but you won't be able to take a break from being a writer.

你也许能从写作中得到休息,但你不能从写作中得到休息。

In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over.

在一部小说中,我可以把我的自我淹没在一个角色的内心,让他的感知接管一切。

You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.

你想成为一名作家,不知道如何或何时?找一个安静的地方,用一支不起眼的笔。

A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.

一部小说抓住了任何其他形式都不可能抓住的精髓。

I have more to say as a writer than from behind a wok.

作为一名作家,我要说的不仅仅是站在炒锅后面。

I don't think of myself as a writer.

我不认为自己是个作家。