I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.

  • -- George Saunders 山德斯

我认为在我们这个时代,我们得到的很多信息都是预极化的。小说有一种方式提醒我们,我们实际上在情感、神经、欲望和恐惧方面是非常相似的,所以我认为这是一种很好的方式来消除这种两极分化。

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I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.

我必须不断提醒自己:如果你把你的生命献给上帝,他不会给你幸福,一切都会好的。但他确实承诺给你和平。即使在糟糕的情况下,你也可以拥有平静和快乐。

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.

所以,在媒体给予公众一切想要和渴望的时候,或许艺术应该对公众采取一种更积极的态度。我本人非常倾向于这个职位。

If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try.

如果你想对整件事持否定态度,你可以说甲壳虫乐队之后的所有吉他乐队都是在浪费时间,因为甲壳虫乐队是最棒的。我认为尝试一下新唱片会好得多。

I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

当我教书的时候,我是一个更好的作家。我不断地复习基础知识,不断地提醒自己,就像我提醒我的学生一样,是什么造就了一个好故事,一首好诗。

Growth is kinda built into everyone's genes. It's built into management's genes, the salesman's genes, the investors' desires. People expect companies to grow.

每个人的基因里都有生长的基因。它根植于管理层的基因,销售员的基因,投资者的欲望。人们希望公司成长。

I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.

我不习惯没有足够的时间和这些歌曲一起生活。通常,如果我写了一些东西,我就会忍受一段时间。