I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I never read a book by anybody advising writers how to write.

  • -- Robert E. Howard 罗伯特·霍华德

我既没有专家的帮助,也没有别人的建议。我没有学习写作方面的课程;直到大约一年前,我还从未读过有人给作家写建议的书。

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One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.

一个人可以是绝对真实和真诚的,即使公认的最无耻的骗子。小说和发明是生活的基本组成部分。

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.

就好书而言,重点不是看你能读多少本,而是看你能读多少本。

I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most naturally to me.

我觉得不写喜剧对我来说会更难,因为对事物的喜剧观点对我来说是最自然的。

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

写作使生活变得有意义。你一生都在工作,也许你已经理解了一个小领域。

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.

我很反常。如果有人告诉我必须读书,我马上就不愿意去读了。

I work to eat, but I write to live.

我工作是为了吃饭,但我写作是为了生活。