You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.

  • -- Carlisle Floyd 卡莱尔·弗洛伊德

你不可能预测什么会持续多久。但是,一旦你尝试写作多年,你就注定要失败。

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Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed.

伟大、宏大、严肃的小说总会获奖。如果这是一部伟大、宏大、严肃的小说和一部有趣的小说之间的战争,那么有趣的小说注定要失败。

Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time.

每个人都有自己的卡通形象。我的回答是:我写得很快,而且我的时间效率极高。

You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.

你注定要做出选择。这就是人生最大的悖论。

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

我可以在一本小说上写很长时间而不感到累。