It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

同样,如果一个人不不断地努力抹去自己的个性,他就写不出任何可读的东西。好的散文就像一扇窗户。

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And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence.

思想与结果作斗争,试图避免那些不愉快的结果,同时保持这种思维方式。这就是我所说的“持续性不连贯”。

The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.

一般的小说读起来总是像侦探的报告。它单调乏味,因为它从不客观。

There is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident.

在写作中,你会不断地体会到突然发现的喜悦和意外的快乐。

My girlfriend bought me a down jacket, she said it fit my personality.

我女朋友给我买了一件羽绒服,她说它适合我的个性。

I don't have an attitude. I just have a personality you can't handle.

我没有态度。我只是有一种你无法控制的性格。

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

当我们不得不呆在原地的时候,阅读给了我们一个地方去。

I came out even with all the struggles I endured on Rikers Island.

尽管我在赖克斯岛上经历了种种挣扎,我还是出来了。

All novels are sequels; influence is bliss.

所有的小说都是续集;影响幸福。