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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There's a really nice moment in the life of a piece of writing where the writer starts to get a feeling of it outgrowing him - or he starts to see it having a life of its own that doesn't have anything to do with his ego or his desire to 'be a good writer.'

有一个很好的时刻的作品,作者的生活开始变得的感觉:他——或者他开始看到它有它自己的生命与他没有任何关系的自我或他想成为一个好作家。

When you're teaching creative nonfiction, it helps to have written about your life in a very open way, because you can say, 'Look, how much are you willing to risk emotionally to write? How careful can you be with the other people you're writing about?'

当你教授创造性的非小说类作品时,以一种非常开放的方式来描述你的生活是有帮助的,因为你可以说,‘看,你愿意在情感上冒多大的风险来写作?你能对你所写的其他人多小心呢?”

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。

You've got to show your soul otherwise you're just a piece of equipment.

你必须展示你的灵魂,否则你只是一个工具。