If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too.

  • -- George Saunders 山德斯

如果你把小说作品看作是世界的一种尺度模型,那么积极的价值——事情的结果比你想象的要好——也应该存在于某个地方。

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The best way to conduct research on a larger scale is to make sure everyone knows what everyone else is doing... The sooner the better - start talking to other people about what you're doing. Because that's what will stimulate things the fastest.

进行大规模研究的最好方法是确保每个人都知道其他人在做什么……越快越好——开始和别人谈论你正在做的事情。因为这是最快的刺激。

I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots.

实际上,我从一个模型构建者开始,很快就进入了生产设计阶段,这很有意义,因为我可以画画。但是我一直在看那边那个家伙,他在调动演员,安排镜头。

Most often I am only interested in an idea if it's going to get hundreds of millions of users. That's the scale that I am always trying to play to.

大多数情况下,我只对能够吸引数亿用户的创意感兴趣。这就是我一直想要演奏的音阶。

People think if you're a model then you must take yourself way too seriously.

人们认为,如果你是一个模特,那么你必须把自己看得太严肃。