The very best moment of writing 'Swamplandia!' was when I figured out what the ending should be. And even though I changed the prose of it, that realization was an ice cube melting in my chest.

  • -- Karen Russell 卡伦·拉塞尔

写“沼泽地!”当我知道结局应该是什么时候。尽管我改变了文章的风格,但那种感觉就像一块冰块在我的胸膛里融化。

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All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you've enjoyed.

那里所有的作者,当然大部分我从未见过。这是诗歌的一面,这是散文的一面,这是我身后的钓鱼和杂事。你喜欢你喜欢的书。

I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo. I wasn't weepy when I thought that - it was just a realization that I had gone this long being self-sufficient.

我记得我想我的余生将会是一个人的。当我想到这一点的时候,我并没有哭,只是意识到我已经自给自足这么久了。

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing.

今天,自我意识已不再意味着任何东西,而只是作为一种尴尬的自我反省,作为无能为力的实现:知道自己什么都不是。

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.

我觉得我的散文读起来好像英语是我的第二语言。当我读到一段话的末尾时,我已经在躲避子弹,上气不接下气了。