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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A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a natural naivety to me. I'm childish.

很多人都说我有一个对孩子说话的声音。我想我天生天真烂漫。我是幼稚的。

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

最高尚的批评是,批评家与其说是作者的对手,不如说是他的对手。

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

海明威的评论不是文学。