An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

  • -- Charles Dickens 查尔斯·狄更斯

一个想法,就像鬼一样,必须先跟它说几句话,才能解释清楚。

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When people start writing there is this idea that you have to get everything right first time, every sentence has to be perfect, every paragraph has to be perfect, every chapter has to be perfect, but what you're doing is not any kind of public show, until you're ready for it.

当人们开始写有这个想法,你必须把一切正确的第一次,每一句话都必须是完美的,每一段必须是完美的,每一章必须是完美的,但你所做的不是任何形式的公开展示,直到你准备好。

I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.

我从不认为我所写的任何东西都带有任何政治色彩。我不想评论。

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.

哈罗德和我们其他人一样,有许多印象,这使他不必为自己的想法而烦恼。

Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas.

基本上,小说就是人。你不能写关于思想的小说。

I remembered and had to keep repeating it: The heart cannot lie.

我记起来了,不得不不断地重复:心不能说谎。

Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.

不要谈论任何不在场的人。