Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes and always count their change when it is handed to them.

  • -- Catherine Drinker Bowen 包恩

作家很少选择那些自成一体的人物作为朋友,他们从不惹麻烦,从不不开心或生病,从不犯错误,总是在别人给他们找钱的时候数数。

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I've had lots of friends who've gone through 'Battlefield' situations in their relationships, so when I was singing the song I put myself in their position and tried to imagine what they were going through. I got so, so into it and I think you can tell.

我有很多朋友都经历过恋爱中的“战场”,所以当我唱这首歌的时候,我把自己放在他们的位置上,试着想象他们在经历什么。我太投入了,我想你能看出来。

It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know.

我的观点是,每本书都有自己的结构和长度。我已经写了三四本薄薄的书。也许下一部小说会很成功,但我不知道。

Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they'd be my best friend. Other times you're being interviewed by a complete jerk.

有时候你在面试的时候会想,如果我认识这个人,他们会是我最好的朋友。其他时候你会被一个彻头彻尾的混蛋面试。

Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.

为成年人写作通常意味着增加脏话的数量——但如果你能找到一个替代脏话的方法,你可能会写得更好。

I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them.

我爱书。如果它们是好书,我更爱它们。但即使它们是坏书,我仍然爱它们。

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

好的作家是那些保持语言效率的人。也就是说,保持准确,保持清晰。

Sometimes you have to do things you don't like in order to make a change in the world.

有时候为了改变世界,你不得不做一些你不喜欢的事情。

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

我们的生活都有很大的变化,这或多或少是第二次机会。