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.

  • -- Isabel Allende 伊莎贝尔·阿连德

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。

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Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.

一个作家对小说艺术或工艺的了解,只会使他对写作的需要或欲望减少一点点。最后他知道了所有的诀窍,却无话可说。

Unlike fiction, which you create before you go into production, with reality you kind of create it after everything is produced. The drama and the storytelling is really done in post.

与小说不同的是,小说是你在投入生产之前创作的,而现实是你在所有东西都生产出来之后创作的。戏剧和故事都是后期完成的。

I like to read really good books - anything that's really great, whether it's fiction, non-fiction, how-to, or whatever.

我喜欢读非常好的书——任何非常棒的书,不管是小说、非小说、如何做,或者其他什么。

The world is not to be put in order; the world is in order. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.

世界没有秩序;世界秩序井然。我们应该使自己与这一秩序保持一致。

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

中年是你的老同学头发灰白,满脸皱纹,秃顶,他们认不出你来的时候。

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

为了征服,我们需要的是敢于,仍然敢于,并且永远敢于。

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.

一定要去作者那里了解他的意思,而不是去发现你的意思。

Never lie about my age because I want credit for every damned year.

永远不要谎报我的年龄,因为每一年我都想要学分。

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

这是谎话,但上天会原谅你的。

We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.

我们是不懂的东西的奴隶。