I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or it is worth nothing.

  • -- Stephen Greenblatt 格林布拉特

我认为写文学作品应该给人带来乐趣。还应该讲些什么呢?它不是核物理。它必须给人带来快乐,否则就一文不值。

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Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.

这样的真理,既不违背人的利益,也不违背人的快乐,是人人都欢迎的。

Pleasure may come from illusion but happiness can come only of reality.

快乐可能来自幻想,但幸福只能来自现实。

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

我不喜欢高级文学,但我认为我所有的书都是文学作品。

Every man's memory is his private literature.

每个人的记忆都是他的私人文学。