I'm looking at a dead event and trying to give it new life. In a sense, I'm a taxidermist.

  • -- Yann Martel 扬·马泰尔

我看着一件已经死去的事情,并试图赋予它新的生命。从某种意义上说,我是一个标本剥制师。

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In writing literary fiction, you are trying to help yourself. And readers are going to literary fiction not just to be entertained, but because they feel something else will happen; that the experience will take them beyond themselves and show them something they haven't seen before.

在写文学小说时,你是在帮助自己。读者阅读文学小说不仅仅是为了娱乐,而是因为他们觉得会有别的事情发生;这种经历会让他们超越自我,向他们展示一些他们从未见过的东西。

Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way.

大多数旋律都是我试着找出适合的音符,然后以一种非常有趣的方式敲出不适合的音符。

Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.

感谢那些已经在路上的未知祝福。

Just give me time & I’ll get over you.

给我点时间,我会忘记你的。