Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

  • -- J. G. Ballard 巴拉德

鉴于外部现实是虚构的,作者的角色几乎是多余的。他不需要虚构,因为小说已经存在了。

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There exists, if I am not mistaken, an entire world which is the totality of mathematical truths, to which we have access only with our mind, just as a world of physical reality exists, the one like the other independent of ourselves, both of divine creation.

如果我没有弄错的话,存在着一个完整的世界,它是数学真理的总和,我们只有用我们的心灵才能进入它,就像存在着一个物理现实的世界,一个和另一个一样独立于我们自己,都是神的创造。

When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

当一件事被说成不值得反驳时,你可以肯定它要么是极其愚蠢的(在这种情况下,所有的评论都是多余的),要么就是某种可怕的东西,问题的关键所在。

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses.

小说的第一个谎言是作者给混乱的生活安排了秩序:时间顺序,或者作者选择的任何顺序。

My relationship to reality has been so utterly skewed for so long that I don't even notice it any more. It's just my reality.

长久以来,我与现实的关系一直被完全扭曲,以至于我甚至不再注意到它。这就是我的现实。

If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.

如果你想发明一些新东西,你会遇到很多令人沮丧的地方,大多数人都会放弃。

When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of earth.

一个人死后,大地一般不愿把他咳回去。奇迹与地球的意志相矛盾。

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.

悲观主义者并不无聊。悲观主义者是正确的。悲观主义者是多余的。

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

预测未来最好的方法就是创造未来。