A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.

  • -- Edgar Allan Poe 埃德加·艾伦·坡

一个短篇故事必须有一个单一的情绪,每句话都必须建立在它上面。

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I never had any frustration about writing uncredited. I always felt that the satisfaction of doing it was in the doing of it, really, and getting recognised by the small number of people that know what you did.

我从来没有因为写不知名的文章而感到沮丧。我总是觉得做这件事的满足感就在做这件事的过程中,真的,并得到一小部分知道你做什么的人的认可。

Writing is an act of ego, and you might as well admit it.

写作是一种自我的行为,你不妨承认这一点。