Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do.

  • -- Quentin Tarantino 昆汀·塔伦蒂诺

小说家总是有完全的自由,几乎可以用他们认为合适的任何方式讲述他们的故事。这就是我要做的。

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Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days.

嗯,说实话,我认为我比小说家更擅长写短篇小说。我发现小说非常难读,长时间、长时间、长时间、长时间地有意识地思考,而短篇小说几天就能毫无痛苦地脱口而出。

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.

不必要的财产是不必要的负担。如果你有它们,你必须照顾它们!简单的生活有很大的自由。最幸福的人是那些拥有足够但不太多的人。

Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry.

小说家的写作并不像鸟儿歌唱那样,是受自然的推动。这是工作的一部分,应该有很多例行公事和一些木工水平的日常事务。

To die hating them, that was freedom.

恨他们而死,这就是自由。