A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
小说
Novel
Novel writing wrecks homes.
写小说毁了房子。
I wrote the worst novel ever.
我写了有史以来最糟糕的小说。
I've never abandoned the novel.
我从未放弃过这本小说。
There's never a false note in a Berg novel.
在伯格的小说中从来没有一个错误的音符。
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.
小说是一面在大街上行走的镜子。
Only in a novel are all things given full play.
只有在小说中，所有的东西都得到充分的发挥。
So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.
于是，我写了一本恐怖小说，开始写作。
I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
我写了我的第一部小说，因为我想读它。
Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.
今天我开始了我决心要成为伟大的小说。
I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.
我认为没有人写过伟大的漫画小说。
Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
小说写作无疑是我所知道的最累人的工作。
A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.
一部小说抓住了任何其他形式都不可能抓住的精髓。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.
写小说的时候，作者应该创造活生生的人;人们不要字符。一个人物是一幅漫画。
For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance.
对我来说，写小说就像解谜。但我不想让我的小说成为谜题。我打算邀请他们跳舞。
I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel.
我可以以一种在当代小说中难以成功塑造的方式塑造任何角色。
What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.
写一本很少人会读的小说有什么挑战?我非常喜欢写我所做的事情，而且我也不打算改变这一点。
A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions.
一部小说指出，世界完全由例外组成。
I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.
我养成了关着门写小说的习惯，或者在叔叔家的餐桌上写小说。