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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I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.

我想做我自己,做我生来要做的——不是要有一个“职业”,而是要成为一个直截了当、明显无误的动物,一个作家。

The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written.

对于第一次写作的作者来说,重要性必须远远超过所写内容的实际价值。