Most of the time, when I'm writing, I'm writing for myself. I'm thinking, 'What will my character say at this time? What will come out of her mouth?' I create individuals so real to me, I sometimes start talking to them. Then I let them loose on the page.

  • -- Katori Hall 凯托丽·霍尔

大多数时候,当我写作的时候,我是在为自己写作。我在想,‘这个时候我的角色会说些什么?她会说些什么呢?“我创造了对我来说如此真实的个体,有时我开始和他们交谈。然后我把它们放在纸上。

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The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common mental pulse beat for the whole of civilized mankind.

阅读有关同一事件的新闻报道在全世界引起的同时的反应,可以说,为整个文明人类创造了共同的精神脉搏。

Sometimes a serendipitous reaction occurs when a network asks you if you have any ideas for a series, at a time when your creative flow is working in that direction.

有时候,当一个网络问你是否有关于一个系列的想法时,一个偶然的反应就会发生,而此时你的创作流正朝着这个方向流动。

I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked.

我首先是个音乐家,其次是个美食爱好者,嘴巴和脚都很脏,上次我去看的时候还是个女孩。

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.

艰难的岁月不会造就英雄。只有在困难时期,我们内心的“英雄”才会显露出来。

Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale.

第一次驾驶考试不及格;从地质学的角度来看,这是一个令人失望的结果。

A closed mouth gathers no foot.

紧闭的嘴不合脚。