A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.

  • -- Vladimir Nabokov 弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫

作家应具有诗人的精确性和科学家的想象力。

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I don't believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn't pay anything, and that sort of thing.

我不赞成踢掉梯子。我指的是我作为一个年轻作家所攀登的阶梯,那些不收费的小杂志,诸如此类的东西。

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.

真正的写作的轻松来自于艺术,而不是机遇,因为那些动作最简单的人已经学会了跳舞。