The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.

  • -- Stephen Vizinczey 斯蒂芬·维经兹

一个角色在精装书之间所需要拥有的唯一美德就是活力,即使他的名字是真实的,如果他在我们的想象中出现,他就通过了考验。

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All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.

所有物质的起源和存在都只靠一种力……我们必须假定,在这种力量的背后,存在着一个有意识的、有智慧的头脑。心灵是一切物质的母体。

You have to sort of see the way that the character behaves, and what the character says and does, and claim it in the same way that you claim anything, really.

你必须看到角色的行为方式,角色说了什么,做了什么,然后用你声明任何事情的方式声明它,真的。

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.

如果小说家与人物分享他或她的问题,他或她就能研究他或她的个人潜意识。

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

美德要有用,就像黄金一样,必须用更普通、更耐用的合金来合金化。