I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.

  • -- Wole Soyinka 黄豆

我并不真的认为自己是小说家,那只是纯属偶然。

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I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.'

我很会讲故事;我对人很有同情心。这对小说家来说非常有用。许多小说家都是势利小人。他们只是些卑鄙的人。我不是一个非常熟练的造型师,我也不想成为。我想让很多人读我的故事,然后说,‘那太酷了。’

For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo.

对我来说,作为一个初出茅庐的小说家,所有其他在世的作家组成了一个对照组,对他们来说,世界就是安慰剂。

I don't want to die in a car accident. When I die it'll be a glorious day. It'll probably be a waterfall.

我不想死于车祸。当我死的时候,那将是美好的一天。可能会形成瀑布。

There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.

为了成为一个更全面的人,我正在做很多事情。

It is always an accident that saves us. It is someone we have never seen.

拯救我们的总是意外。这是一个我们从未见过的人。

I can look at myself in the mirror, and I can be proud.

我可以看着镜子里的自己,我可以感到自豪。