The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch.

  • -- Nadine Gordimer 纳丁·戈迪默

写作的孤独也是相当可怕的。这是非常接近疯狂,一个人只是消失了一天,失去了联系。

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My father, if anything, first and last, was a man of words. He loved stories; he didn't live for stories, exactly, but I think he lived through stories. I think, like many writers, he loved stories about things he had experienced as much as, if not more than, he loved the experiences themselves.

如果说我的父亲有什么不同的话,那就是他首先是一个说话算数的人。他爱的故事;确切地说,他不是为故事而活,但我认为他是通过故事而活的。我想,和许多作家一样,他喜欢讲述自己经历过的事情的故事,就像他喜欢亲身经历一样多,甚至更多。

There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me.

有些作家说他们没有社会责任,除了写一本好书,但这并不能满足我。