Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.

  • -- Irwin Shaw 欧文·肖

每个小说家都有不同的目的,而且常常是几个相互矛盾的目的。

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I'm shocked at being recognized. You go to places you don't think you would be and still, you are. Taxi drivers often recognise me... but I haven't got a free ride yet.

我被认出来感到震惊。你去了一些你认为你不会去的地方,但你还是去了。出租车司机经常认出我……但是我还没有免费乘车。

The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.

科学的目的不是分析或描述世界,而是建立有用的世界模型。模型是有用的,如果它允许我们使用它。

Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.

这么多年来,我在音乐方面有很多不同的经历。并不是你做的每件事都能满足每个人心目中的你。

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

天才常在一个有裂缝的罐子里,而不是在一个完整的罐子里。

It's nice that we have all these different films.

我们有这么多不同的电影真是太好了。

It's nice to feel that you have a purpose.

很高兴你有了一个目标。