I have likened writing a novel to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture - which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along.

  • -- Rose Tremain 罗斯·特瑞美

我把写小说比作一场旅行,带着一些我将要到达的目的地的概念,但不是整个画面——随着旅程的进行,它会逐渐显现为一系列的启示。

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I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing; but starving it is still worse.

我宁愿被攻击也不愿被忽视。因为你对一个作家所能做的最糟糕的事就是对他的作品保持沉默。袭击一个城镇是件坏事;但挨饿更糟糕。

I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book.

我对任何对环境不好的车都不感兴趣,除了画册上的美感。

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place.

我不会在不止一个地方使用相同的颜色。

The thing writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.

作家最擅长的事情就是找到避免写作的方法。