I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt the slightest desire to do this.

  • -- C. S. Forester 佛瑞斯特

我听说过小说开始于中间,结束于结尾,以补丁的形式写出来,然后再把它们拼接在一起,但我从来没有想过要这么做。

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Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed.

伟大、宏大、严肃的小说总会获奖。如果这是一部伟大、宏大、严肃的小说和一部有趣的小说之间的战争,那么有趣的小说注定要失败。

I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.

我想说,在我的小说中,爱是否仍然存在的问题,与陀思妥耶夫斯基的上帝是否存在的问题,扮演着同样的角色。

The key to staying together is making sure you guys like each other and need each other.

保持在一起的关键是确保你们彼此喜欢,彼此需要。

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

对星星的渴望是雄心勃勃的。渴望触及心灵是明智的。

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

我从来不想和一个写得比读得多的人交谈。

There's something about pain that brings people together.

有一些关于痛苦的东西让人们走到一起。