A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.

  • -- Cyril Connolly 西里尔·康诺利

一个伟大的作家创造了他自己的世界,他的读者为生活在其中而感到自豪。一个不那么优秀的作家可能会暂时吸引他们,但很快他就会看到他们逐渐退出。

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Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.

问一个作家对评论家的看法就像问灯柱对狗的感觉一样。

My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite.

我的成长经历绝对不是典型作家的成长经历。甚至可以说是相反的。