Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces.

  • -- Virginia Woolf 弗吉尼亚伍尔夫

自然中的绿色是一回事,文学中的绿色是另一回事。自然和文字似乎有一种天然的反感;把他们聚在一起,他们就会互相撕成碎片。

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This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal.

这种可能性让我感到困扰,因为我认为留在一个学术环境是不可取的,爱丁堡漫长而黑暗的冬天可能会相当沉闷。

I write because I have to write; but I also write because there’s somebody out there, hopefully, who will read it.

我写作是因为我必须写作;但我写作的另一个原因是,希望有人能读到。

I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story.

我通常会对演员的表演做出反应。然后是环境,然后是故事。

There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.

我没有写过我没有写过的故事。