The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

  • -- Albert Camus 阿尔伯特·加缪

作家的目的是防止文明自我毁灭。

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It is only through fiction and the dimension of the imaginary that we can learn something real about individual experience. Any other approach is bound to be general and abstract.

只有通过虚构和想象的维度,我们才能了解个人体验的真实情况。任何其他方法都必然是通用的和抽象的。

I've been painting and drawing and taking pictures as long as I've been writing music - and I've actually been drawing longer than I've been writing music.

自从我开始写音乐以来,我就一直在画画,画画,拍照——事实上,我画画的时间比我写音乐的时间还长。

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself- it is the occurring which is difficult.

写作并不麻烦:你只要记下你想到的想法就行了。记笔记本身很简单——它是发生在困难的地方。

You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.

你想成为一名作家,不知道如何或何时?找一个安静的地方,用一支不起眼的笔。