An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

  • -- Benjamin Disraeli 本杰明·迪斯雷利

一个作家谈论自己的书就像一个母亲谈论自己的孩子一样糟糕。

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The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses.

小说的第一个谎言是作者给混乱的生活安排了秩序:时间顺序,或者作者选择的任何顺序。

A runaway monk never speaks well of his convent.

一个出逃的修道士从来不会称赞他的修院。

I became a children's author by accident.

我成为一名儿童作家纯属偶然。

When money speaks the truth is silent.

有钱能使鬼推磨。