The first chapter sells the book. The last chapter sells the next book.

  • -- Mickey Spillane 史毕兰

第一章卖这本书。最后一章卖下一本书。

相关名言

My first name - I have no middle name - was chosen by my father, as he told me, on that solitary walk in the forested hills. He selected it from a verse of the seventh chapter of Isaiah; there was no Immanuel among our ancestors known to him.

我的名字——我没有中间的名字——是我的父亲,正如他告诉我的那样,在那片森林覆盖的山丘上独自行走时,选择了我的名字。他从以赛亚书第七章的一节中拣选了这句话;我们的祖宗中,没有以马内利所认识的。

My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel

我唯一的文学抱负就是写一部好小说,然后隐退到沙漠里的茅屋里,摆出莲花的姿势,静下心来,静下心来,沉思默想我的小说

A book that bores me to tears is a book that neglects character building and quality of prose.

一本让我无聊到流泪的书忽视了人物塑造和散文的质量。

If I'm writing and a chapter isn't coming, I just move ahead.

如果我正在写作,而一章还没写完,我就继续写下去。