If you haven't written a novel by the time you're forty you never will!

  • -- Richard Yates 理查德·耶茨

如果你到四十岁还没有写小说,你永远也写不出来!

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I am happiest when I am idle. I could live for months without performing any kind of labour, and at the expiration of that time I should feel  fresh and vigorous enough to go right on in the same way for numerous more months.

我最快乐的时候是我空闲的时候。我可以几个月不做任何劳动,到那时候,我就会觉得精力充沛,精力充沛,可以继续这样过好几个月。

I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.

我养成了关着门写小说的习惯,或者在叔叔家的餐桌上写小说。

Life is not like a novel, but a novel can be like life. The best ones always are.

生活不像小说,但小说可以像生活。最好的总是那些。

You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.

你只能一次把一个单词写在纸上。