Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.

  • -- Jonathan Lethem 作者

出色的英语写作是一种不光彩的事情,但出色的翻译写作则是登峰造极。

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I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.... We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

我不会坐在书桌前,把我头脑中已经清楚的东西写进诗里。如果它在我的脑海中是清晰的,我应该没有动机或需要写它……我们写作不是为了被人理解;我们写作是为了理解。

I almost always urge people to write in the first person. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.

我几乎总是鼓励人们用第一人称写作。写作是一种自我的行为,你不妨承认这一点。