The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

  • -- Arthur Miller 阿瑟·米勒

任何人写过的最好的作品,都是那些总是让他处于尴尬边缘的作品。

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I have likened writing a novel to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture - which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along.

我把写小说比作一场旅行,带着一些我将要到达的目的地的概念,但不是整个画面——随着旅程的进行,它会逐渐显现为一系列的启示。

Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

优秀的小说不是由正统的嗅探者写的,也不是由对自己的正统感到良心不安的人写的。好的小说是由不害怕的人写的。