Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

乔伊斯是一位诗人,也是一位笨拙的学究。

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To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I'm not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you're after is the same thing.

唱歌和写诗是完全不同的。我不是也永远不会成为小说家,但是写小说和写剧本是两码事。形式不同,但本质上是一样的。

As a novelist, I suppose I can say that I'm highly articulate. But I know, as a person, in other ways, I'm not always articulate. I think we are all, from time to time, inarticulate, at some level, about some things.

作为一个小说家,我想我可以说我的表达能力很强。但我知道,作为一个人,在其他方面,我并不总是能言善辩。我认为,在某种程度上,我们有时,对某些事情都是口齿不清的。