The capacity you're thinking of is imagination; without it there can be no understanding, indeed no fiction.

  • -- William Trevor 威廉·特雷弗

你思考的能力是想象力;没有它,就没有理解,甚至没有虚构。

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I'm drawn to the classic antihero, the guy who's probably made a bunch of mistakes and really has the capacity to go either way. That's the most interesting type of character for me to watch, to see what decisions they'll make. There's a lot of gray area there for a writer to explore.

我被一个典型的反英雄人物所吸引,这个人可能犯了很多错误,但他真的有能力选择其中一种。对我来说,这是最有趣的角色类型,看看他们会做出什么样的决定。对于作家来说,有很多灰色地带有待探索。

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

如果一个人能用他的技巧和建设性的想象力去发现他能为一美元付出多少,而不是他能为一美元付出多少,他一定会成功。

If i have the belief that i can do it, i shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if i may not have it at the beginning.

如果我相信我能做这件事,我一定会获得做这件事的能力,即使我一开始可能没有这种能力。

What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos.

我们想象的秩序只不过是混乱的普遍形式。