Writing a novel you have to be quite aware that what you are writing is not all true. Such a character did not cross the road at such a time; this is not true.

  • -- Muriel Spark 穆丽尔·斯帕克

写小说的时候,你必须意识到你所写的并不都是真的。这样的人物不会在这样的时候过马路;这不是真的。

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God is, to me, pretty much an idea. God is, to me, pretty much a myth created over time to deny the idea that we're all responsible for our own actions.

对我来说,上帝只是个概念。对我来说,上帝是一个神话,随着时间的推移,它否定了我们都要为自己的行为负责的观点。

My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time.

我妈妈非常喜欢大乐队。它一直在房子里演奏。