Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story.

  • -- Chinua Achebe 奇努阿切贝

一旦一部小说开始,我知道它是可行的,我就不会担心情节或主题。这些东西几乎会自动出现,因为角色现在正在拉故事。

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The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

小说最大的好处是你可以把任何东西放进你的脑袋里——它和人脑的形状一样。

It was my angry, Dickensian novel, I suppose. It was cathartic - I expended a lot of frustration on that one.

我想,这是我那本愤怒的狄更斯式小说。这是一种宣泄——我在那件事上花费了很多挫折。

Don't worry if i argue with you, worry when i stop because that means there's nothing left to fight for.

如果我和你争论,不要担心,当我停下来的时候要担心,因为那意味着没有什么可以为之奋斗的了。

If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.

如果你担心可能发生的事,想知道可能发生过什么,你就会忽略可能发生的事。

We children learned responsibility automatically.

我们孩子自动学会了责任。