That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.

  • -- V. S. Naipaul V.S.奈保尔

这就是我写作时寻找的惊喜。这是我判断自己在做什么的方式——这从来都不是一件容易的事。

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A romance novel focuses exclusively on two people falling in love. It can't be about a woman caring for her aging mother or something like that. It can have that element, but it has to be primarily about the male-female relationship.

一部爱情小说专门讲述两个人相爱的故事。不可能是一个女人照顾她年迈的母亲之类的。它可以有那样的元素,但它必须主要是关于男女关系。

There's always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that you're a fraud after all!

总是有一种恐惧的元素,你需要做很多工作,直到人们厌倦你,或者最终发现你是个骗子!

The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one.

解决问题最简单的方法就是选一个简单的。

We have confused the free with the free and easy.

我们混淆了自由和安逸。