When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully - also bring... emotional relevance to the piece.

  • -- Oscar Hijuelos 奥斯卡·希胡罗斯

当你写小说的时候,你可以创造出更多的东西,但也可以把与你相关的情感打包在一起。而对于非小说类作品,你必须尽可能真实,但也希望能带来……与作品的情感关联。

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When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something else.

当我在写自己的小说时,我尽量多读些非小说类的作品,尽管有时我也会崩溃一下,看看别的东西。

Well, I don't know any piece by heart, but Mozart goes something like this... What do you think?

嗯,我不记得任何一首曲子,但是莫扎特是这样唱的……你觉得怎么样?

Here's a piece of advice: Never put your happiness in someone else's hands.

这里有一条建议:永远不要把你的幸福放在别人的手里。

When you deal with nonfiction you deal with human characters.

当你处理非虚构作品时,你处理的是人类角色。