Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

  • -- Katherine Paterson 凯瑟琳·佩特森

显然,我既喜欢当代小说,也喜欢历史小说。当一个故事的线索抓住我时,我会试着跟着它走,看看它会把我带到什么地方。

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Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.

女人还没有意识到自己内心的懦弱,因为如果她们决定这样做,她们就能够和你战斗到死;为了证明我说的是真话,在众多女性中,我将率先行动,为她们树立榜样。

Then, when the Depression came, all of this changed completely. Since that time, the entire public is of a very different sort and there was not so much support for contemporary music in a direct way.

然后,当大萧条来临时,这一切都彻底改变了。从那时起,整个公众就完全不同了,也没有那么多的人直接支持当代音乐。

I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike.

我不担心这个时期是当代的还是三百年前的。人类都是一样的。

I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.

我总是设法使背景与我心目中的故事相吻合。