The best way for me to procrastinate as a writer is research.

  • -- Quiara Alegria Hudes 休德斯

对我来说,作为一个作家,拖延的最好方法就是研究。

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Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the writer needs to convey disorder and dysfunction without making the novel itself disorderly or dysfunctional.

记忆不是特别线性的——它是联想的、重复的、主观的、多孔的。但作者需要传达的是无序和功能失调,而不是让小说本身混乱或功能失调。

A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.

一个伟大的作家创造了他自己的世界,他的读者为生活在其中而感到自豪。一个不那么优秀的作家可能会暂时吸引他们,但很快他就会看到他们逐渐退出。

There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.

继续研究是一种可怕的诱惑。到了一定的时候,你必须停下来,开始写作。

Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

研究!只是懒惰的借口;它从来没有实现过,也永远不会实现任何有价值的结果。