After these three novels I gave up writing novels for a time; I was dissatisfied with romantic doom, yet didn't see much way around it.

  • -- Nicholas Mosley 莫斯利

在这三部小说之后,我一度放弃了写小说;我不满足于浪漫的厄运,但也没有看到太多的办法。

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Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first.

在早期的史考特和狄更斯、萨克雷之间,有大量的小说作品,其中不少小说的名字应该排在第二类小说的前列,而有些则会把其中不止一个提升到第一类。

I heard that when white folks go fishin they do somethin called 'catch and release.' Catch and release? I nodded solemnly, suddenly nervous and curious at the same time.

我听说当白人钓鱼的时候,他们会做一些叫做“抓了放”的事情。“抓住并释放?”我严肃地点点头,突然既紧张又好奇。

But a lot of writers - and I'm one of them - do tend to feel dissatisfied. It makes you a little hard to live with, but it's a goad and does keep you alert and restless.

但许多作家——我就是其中之一——确实倾向于感到不满。它让你有点难以相处,但它是一种刺激,让你保持警觉和不安。

Novels, in my experience, are slow in coming, and once I've begun them I know I have years rather than months of work ahead of me.

以我的经验来看,小说来得很慢,一旦开始写,我就知道我还有几年而不是几个月的工作要做。

I think I've probably re-invented myself three or four times now, if that's what one calls it.

我想我可能已经重新塑造了自己三四次,如果这是一个人所说的。

I'm not dissatisfied with my place in it rock 'n' roll.

我对自己在摇滚界的地位并不不满。