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。

If I walk out onstage and I get a warm, excited response, it makes me feel so confident and happy, and then it's so easy for me up there.

如果我走上台,得到一个温暖、兴奋的回应,这让我感到自信和快乐,然后在台上对我来说很容易。

Poker has such an element of competitivness that other games don't have.

扑克有一种其他游戏没有的竞争元素。

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

那个不满的人找不到安乐椅。