I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity.

  • -- Mohsin Hamid 莫欣·哈米德

我花了六七年的时间写一些非常小的书。有一种简洁的美学。

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It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

当像塔西佗一样,一个人有话要说时,简短地说几句话并不是什么伟大的艺术;然而,当一个人无话可说,却照样写了一整本书,把真相变成了一个说谎者——我称之为一种成就。

I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent ability--if it's not clouded by convention--to appreciate authentic beauty in all forms, whether we like it or not.

我坚信所有人与生俱来的创造力,以及我们与生俱来的能力——如果不被传统所蒙蔽——欣赏各种形式的真美,不管我们喜不喜欢。

Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy.

短篇小说消耗你更快。它们与简洁有关。在短篇小说中,你面对的是死亡。我知道他们作为一种形式是多么的艰难,但他们也是一种完全的快乐。

A lot of children don't have a developed aesthetic. I did. I made early choices in life, even about cloth; I liked flannel and not polyester.

很多孩子都没有成熟的审美观。我做到了。我很早就做出了选择,甚至是衣服;我喜欢法兰绒,不喜欢涤纶。