If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.

  • -- Julian Barnes 朱利安·巴恩斯

如果作者更像一个读者,他就会是一个读者,而不是一个作家。就这么简单。

相关名言

Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces.

自然中的绿色是一回事,文学中的绿色是另一回事。自然和文字似乎有一种天然的反感;把他们聚在一起,他们就会互相撕成碎片。

The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.

真正的炼金术士不会把铅变成金子;他们把世界变成了文字。