I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it takes a while to settle into a mode where I'm truly concentrating.

  • -- Curtis Sittenfeld 科蒂斯·希登费尔德

我没有什么特别的仪式,但我不会写小说,除非我有几个小时的时间。对我来说,我需要一段时间来适应一种真正集中注意力的模式。

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I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me.

我想,如果你把首映礼、媒体宣传以及所有特效都拿掉,你就会发现,这一切都是为了表演,我认为这是我人生中最棒的部分。

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.

法庭包含了布景设计师所能想象到的所有权威象征。当你进来时,每个人都站起来。你穿着一套服装,表明你是一个特殊的人,即使不是很神圣。

What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with their own humanity.

作家所能做的,小说家、诗人或随笔作家所能做的,就是让人们重新认识到自己的人性。

In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities.

在科幻小说中,你也可以测试你自己的现实。

Every single day, I write something new and record it.

每一天,我都写一些新的东西并记录下来。

I don't write books inadvertently.

我不会在不经意间写书。