Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist.

  • -- George Saintsbury 圣茨伯里

奥斯汀小姐向小说家展示了平凡事物和现实事物的无限可能性。

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But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but I would put certain things I was fairly sure I wanted in the painting, and then collage on the painting with printed dots or painted paper or something before I really committed it.

但是当我画一幅画的时候,我会从一幅画开始画,但是我会在画中加入一些我非常确定我想要的东西,然后用印刷的点或彩纸在画上拼贴,在我真正投入之前。

To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I'm not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you're after is the same thing.

唱歌和写诗是完全不同的。我不是也永远不会成为小说家,但是写小说和写剧本是两码事。形式不同,但本质上是一样的。

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I'm sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.

我所做的几乎所有有价值的事情都是从快乐开始的,我想我很快就会开始做别的事情。

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

历史学家:不成功的小说家。