I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.

  • -- Caleb Carr 卡勒伯·卡尔

当我还是个孩子的时候,我最想做的就是成为一名小说家。如果你告诉我长大后要当艺术家或小说家,我会当面笑话你。

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Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry.

小说家的写作并不像鸟儿歌唱那样,是受自然的推动。这是工作的一部分,应该有很多例行公事和一些木工水平的日常事务。

I went to public school for like, one day. I don't get it. Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

有一天我去了公立学校。我不明白。每个人都想变得完全一样。我认为做一个局外人是一件好事。

My make-up artist, she uses bronzer on the eyelids too. And also a little bit on the forehead to make everything look even.

我的化妆师,她在眼睑上也涂了古铜色。额头上也涂一点,让一切看起来均匀。

I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.

我并不真的认为自己是小说家,那只是纯属偶然。

I needed to be pushed as an artist and as a person.

作为一个艺术家和一个人,我需要被推动。

The guys have told me not to quit my day job.

那些家伙告诉我不要辞掉白天的工作。