Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days.

  • -- Eric Brown 埃里克·布朗

嗯,说实话,我认为我比小说家更擅长写短篇小说。我发现小说非常难读,长时间、长时间、长时间、长时间地有意识地思考,而短篇小说几天就能毫无痛苦地脱口而出。

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I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.'

我很会讲故事;我对人很有同情心。这对小说家来说非常有用。许多小说家都是势利小人。他们只是些卑鄙的人。我不是一个非常熟练的造型师,我也不想成为。我想让很多人读我的故事,然后说,‘那太酷了。’

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

艺术是用人们想表达的任何方式表达人类精神的真实本质。如果它是诚实的,它是美丽的。如果不诚实,那是显而易见的。

I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story.

我认为这是一个短篇小说作家的责任,以及写好关于情感和人物,写故事。

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

智慧和深邃的智慧需要对神秘的诚实的欣赏。

Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist.

就我个人而言,我从未希望自己是一名男性小说家。