The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.

  • -- Cyril Connolly 西里尔·康诺利

我们读的书越多,就越清楚地认识到,作家的真正职责是创作一部杰作,没有其他任何任务是重要的。

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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.

我相信或认为我迷失了方向,是一个奇怪的梦的受害者,我相信我在房间里进进出出,可能还进了另一个房间。我可能重新审视了她,最终相信这是真的。

Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.

预测不仅仅是你的大脑所做的事情之一。它是新皮质的主要功能,也是智力的基础。

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

任何名符其实的作家都是要么专注于一件事,要么专注于另一件事。

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.

我给你们这些作家付了一大笔钱,为了什么?你所要做的就是换词。

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

功能越小,管理越大。

I'm still true to my Southern roots.

我仍然忠于我的南方根。