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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Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard.

不要冒犯别人,不要任性,不要武断,不要神经质,不要做一个外在的演员,你只是想进去,而你只有很少的时间温柔地进去,但总是很难。

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.

有时候我和我的兄弟们玩得很开心,枕头大战之类的,但我总是因为孤独而哭泣。