The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important.

  • -- Asne Seierstad 塞厄斯塔

这本书是在塔利班倒台后出版的,它讲述了一些关于阿富汗家庭生活的事情。这些故事——在电视屏幕的幕后发生的事情——是很重要的。

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It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.

同样重要的是,我有一种强烈的愿望,想要在这门乐器上取得一些有价值的东西。我花了很多很多时间,但几乎没有报酬,去完善我所能做到的一切,因为我非常热爱它。

A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.

很多小报的故事都写得很好,他们非常聪明,也非常有趣。但是,你必须把注意力集中在真正重要的事情上,而不是阅读它们——不要一头扎进去,也不要陷入其中。

Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it.

尽管在我开始写这本书的时候,我可能并不打算这么做,但这些地方在我所做的事情中扮演着重要角色,几乎就像他们坚持要这么做一样。

It's important to be informed but I also think it's important to be inspired. I'm creating a space where people can be inspired.

见多识广很重要,但我也认为受到启发很重要。我在创造一个能激发人们灵感的空间。

I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears.

我不在乎他们怎么处理我的书,只要支票兑现就行。

For now I'm building up stories for the retirement home!

现在我正在为养老院编故事!