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。

When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them.

当你在困难时期找到了幽默,你经历的第一个也是最重要的变化之一就是你以一种新的方式看待你的困惑的问题——你突然对它们有了一个新的看法。

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。

I don't care if I die - look, I'm old - but you want your kids to have good times and a good life.

我不在乎我是否会死——听着,我老了——但是你想让你的孩子们有美好的时光和美好的生活。

Our visions begin with our desires.

我们的愿景始于我们的欲望。