Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.

-- Raymond Chandler 雷蒙德·钱德勒

一个作家对小说艺术或工艺的了解，只会使他对写作的需要或欲望减少一点点。最后他知道了所有的诀窍，却无话可说。

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The hardest part about writing fiction is finding long stretches of time to do it: for me, this means writing mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. But I am always thinking about my characters, jotting down ideas in stolen moments and hoping I'll be able to make sense of them when the weekend rolls around.

写小说最难的部分是找到很长的时间来写作:对我来说，这意味着大部分时间都要在周六和周日写作。但我总是在想我的角色，在偷来的瞬间写下我的想法，希望周末到来时我能弄懂它们。

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If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.

如果我们要改变我们的世界观，图像必须改变。这位艺术家现在有一项非常重要的工作要做。他不是一个娱乐富人的边缘人物，他真的很需要。

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A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.

严肃的作家不应与严肃的作家混为一谈。一个严肃的作家可能是一只鹰，一只秃鹰，甚至一只罂粟花，但一个严肃的作家总是一只血腥的猫头鹰。

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If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands are too shaky to perform operations, he becomes a journalist.

如果一个人没有足够的天赋成为小说家，没有足够的智慧成为律师，并且他的手太不稳而不能执行操作，他就会成为一名记者。

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I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together.

我刚刚失去了我的父亲，我记得所有我们过去常去听的音乐会的歌曲，家里的唱片，有时我们会一起演奏。

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I have a great family by the way, but you need to find people who can pull something out from you that might be otherwise unseen.

顺便说一句，我有一个伟大的家庭，但你需要找到一些人，他们能从你身上挖掘出一些东西，否则你可能看不到。

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A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

学一点东西是件危险的事，但我们必须冒这个险，因为我们最大的头脑只能掌握一点点知识。

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I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

我不认为有什么特别的书让我想写。他们都做到了。我一直想写作。

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I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.

我喜欢做任何事情，喜剧和戏剧。我只是寻找角色和他们所提供的。

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I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.

我写的歌就像日记一样。我必须这样做才能保持清醒。

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Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.

把建造鸡舍和建造大教堂看作是同样可取的。

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Nothing is more consuming, or more illogical, than the desire for remembrance.

没有什么比对记忆的渴望更消耗精力，更不合逻辑。

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I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

我不能给你写一个关于政治的字，因为你是一个女人。

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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.

一切升起的东西都会落下，一切生长的东西都会变老。

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I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.

我从来没有想过要成为一名著名的女演员。

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Being so honest in my writing is cathartic.

在我的写作中如此诚实是一种宣泄。

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Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

如果一个词就足够了，为什么我需要卷?

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A public is a necessary fiction.

公众是必要的虚构。

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Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.

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