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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Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is essential. I always have music on when I'm doing well. Writing and music are two different mediums, but musical phrases can give you sentences that you didn't think you ever had.

有些作家出奇地不懂音乐。我不明白。我不明白。对我来说,音乐是必不可少的。我做得好的时候总是放着音乐。写作和音乐是两种不同的媒介,但是音乐短语可以给你带来你从未想过的句子。

No one in my writers' room can wear sweatpants.

我的作家房间里没有人可以穿运动裤。