Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

  • -- Nadine Gordimer 纳丁·戈迪默

写作使生活变得有意义。你一生都在工作,也许你已经理解了一个小领域。

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Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

一些将军说,我们正在取得进展。我们正在清理一个区域。但你真的不能通过清理一个地区来打败塔利班。他们的举动。

My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water.

我的书如水;最伟大的天才是葡萄酒。每个人都喝水。

Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.

写一个故事,不管长度如何,总是从一个词开始。

One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like.

人们永远无法确切地知道一个荒芜的地区是什么样子。

Small children give you headache; big children heartache.

小孩子让你头疼;大孩子心痛。

For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes.

就我自己而言,在我自己的眼中,我实在是太小了。