The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing.

  • -- Isabel Allende 伊莎贝尔·阿连德

事实上,人们认为当你卖了很多书,你不是一个严肃的作家,这是对读者的极大侮辱。当人们试图说这样的话时,我有点生气。

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How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.

一个人怎么知道她是否已经原谅了呢?你倾向于为环境感到悲伤而不是愤怒,你倾向于为那个人感到难过而不是生他的气。对于这一切,你往往无话可说。

Well I tried to, but I could never write anything that I liked or was worthwhile. I threw it all out and realized that I had to make a serious study- that my tastes were far more advanced than my abilities.

我试过,但是我从来没有写过我喜欢的或有价值的东西。我把这些都扔掉了,意识到我必须认真学习——我的品味远远超过了我的能力。

As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened.

作为一个孩子,我从未被堕落或极端的情况所吸引;我真的想要一个正常的童年。不幸的是,事实并非如此。

I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

我必须请求安拉的宽恕,不要生气,因为他们是出于爱而来找我的,我不应该怀着仇恨去找他们。

If you haven't cried at least once while writing a chapter of your inspirational book then you have to ask yourself if your're writing fiction.

如果你在写励志书的一章时至少没有哭过一次,那么你必须问问自己,你是不是在写小说。

People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost.

人们必须接受教育,他们必须坚持下去。如果人们失去了这种尊重,就会失去很多。

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction.

伟大的天才是通过与另一个伟大天才的接触而形成的,但是,与其说是由于同化,不如说是由于虚构。

I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.

我知道,在山顶上你能看到美丽的景色,但在这里,在底部,我们也应该有权利。

Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.

我本可以成为一名作家。我做过理发师。我本可以坚持下去的。

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

有些人认为他们值很多钱只是因为他们拥有它。

You can make it if you try, push a little harder, think a little deeper.

只要你努力,再努力一点,再深入一点,你就能成功。

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

作家应该用眼睛写作,画家应该用耳朵作画。

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

阅读有时是一种避免思考的巧妙方法。

I was a sort of serious little dude - snobby.

我是一个严肃的小家伙——势利小人。