I struggled in the beginning. I said I was going to write the truth, so help me God. And I thought I was. I found I couldn't. Nobody can write the absolute truth.

  • -- Henry Miller 亨利·米勒

一开始我很挣扎。我说我要写下真相,上帝保佑我。我想我是。我发现我不能。没有人能写出绝对的真理。

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His (the writer's) standard of fidelity to the truth should be so high that his invention, out of his experience, should produce a truer account than anything factual can be.

他(作者)对真理的忠实程度应该如此之高,以至于他根据自己的经验所作的创造应该比任何事实都更能真实地反映事实。

I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.

我有六个诚实的仆人。(我所知道的都是他们教给我的);他们的名字是“什么”、“为什么”、“什么时候”、“怎样”、“在哪里”和“谁”。