An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.

  • -- François-René de Chateaubriand 弗朗索瓦仁德城堡

原创作家不是谁也模仿不了的人,而是谁也模仿不了的人。

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It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

艺术的功能是更新我们的感知。我们熟悉的东西我们就看不见了。作者对熟悉的场景进行了震撼,就像施了魔法一样,我们从中看到了新的含义。

It had more layers than an onion. These writers meant business. There was a level for everybody. Your major could be celestial mechanics, and there'd be celestial-mechanics jokes.

它的层数比洋葱还多。这些作家是认真的。每个人都有一个等级。你的专业可以是天体力学,里面会有天体力学的笑话。

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

作家不是凭空而来的。作家证人。我们需要作家的原因是因为我们需要这个恐怖世纪的目击者。

I now understand that writing fiction was a seed planted in my soul, though I would not be ready to grow that seed for a long time.

现在我明白了,写小说是种下在我灵魂中的种子,虽然在很长一段时间内我都不准备种下这颗种子。

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

写作就是变得不感兴趣。在艺术中有一种放弃。

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

我试着发掘自己在写作方面的一点天赋。