My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader.

  • -- David McCullough 戴维·麦卡洛

我的简短回答是,我试着写我想读的那种书。如果我能把它写得清晰、有趣、引人入胜,那么我希望读者也能喜欢。

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A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing.

很多人喜欢即兴创作,但又害怕它,所以我试着写一本不是厨师写的关于即兴创作的书,而是一本真正的家庭烹饪书,里面有真正的家庭厨房,超市的食材,诸如此类的东西。

One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself.

我想做的一件事就是编一些我小时候喜欢的故事。所以,如果我考虑的是观众,通常是年轻版的我。

This is a much more fitting interpretation of the book than its modern interpretation.

这是对这本书比它的现代解释更合适的解释。

I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs.

我不喜欢别人告诉我该做什么,或者试图让我写歌。