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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Somebody would say, `Can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?' And I'd say, `Yes, of course,' because I was a hungry young journalist.

有人会说,‘你能给我们写一篇关于浪漫小说的文章吗?我回答说,“是的,当然。”因为我是一名饥肠辘辘的年轻记者。

Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did.

心碎绝对能让你对写歌有更深的感受。我在写我的第一张专辑的时候画了很多令人心碎的东西,我不是故意的,但我就是这么做了。

Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.

为成年人写作通常意味着增加脏话的数量——但如果你能找到一个替代脏话的方法,你可能会写得更好。

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

阅读是唯一的方式,通过阅读,我们不由自主地,往往是无助地,进入他人的皮肤,他人的声音,他人的灵魂。

I'd rather be caught holding up a bank than stealing so much as a two-word phrase from another writer.

我宁愿在抢劫银行时被抓住,也不愿从另一个作家那里偷走哪怕一个两个字的短语。

I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page.

我想拉下一本书,把它打开,一页又一页地狼吞虎咽。