The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy of a thousand accidents.

  • -- John Updike 约翰·厄普代克

创造性的作家不仅是生活的受害者,也是生活的使用者;在他的作品中,他能够控制自我表现,而事实上,他的自我表现是受上千次事故的摆布。

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It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.

我为每月固定收入所写的两本书,也是我非常喜欢的作品,而不是像面包和黄油那样,因为你必须做,所以你要做。

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

作家像牙齿一样被分为门牙和磨牙。