Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.

  • -- Logan Pearsall Smith 洛根·皮尔索尔·史密斯

只有一代人的读者才能跨越一代人的作家。

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I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place.

我有时认为,这是因为他们太不善于口头表达自己,所以作家一开始就拿起笔和纸。

I spent the rest of the day in someone else's story. The rare moments that I put the book down, my own pain returned in burning stabs.

今天剩下的时间我都在听别人的故事。在我把书放下的那些难得的时刻,我自己的痛苦又回到了刺痛的感觉中。

Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.

写作不是撒谎,也不是偷窃。这是一段旅程,在一个人的话语和灵魂之间寻找透明度。

You are not in competition with anybody except yourself;plan to outdo your past not other people.

你不与任何人竞争,除了你自己;计划超越你的过去,而不是其他人。

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

我为什么要写作?因为我发现生活令人不满意。

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

如果更简单的话,我会用抑扬格五音步。