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Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed.

  • -- Neil Gaiman 尼尔·盖曼

伟大、宏大、严肃的小说总会获奖。如果这是一部伟大、宏大、严肃的小说和一部有趣的小说之间的战争，那么有趣的小说注定要失败。

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In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized.

在个别工业中，妇女劳工发挥重要作用，任何提倡提高工资、缩短工作时间等的运动，从一开始就不会因为没有组织的女工的态度而注定失败。

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Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.

在我写的前七部小说中，第四部和第五部已经出版。数字一、二、三、六、七，从来没有见过天日……这样做是对的。

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You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.

你不可能预测什么会持续多久。但是，一旦你尝试写作多年，你就注定要失败。

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I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive.

事实上，我发现那些每一处都注定要搞笑的小说都很压抑。

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