I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.

  • -- Cormac McCarthy 麦卡锡

我不知道我为什么开始写作。我不知道为什么有人这么做。也许他们感到无聊,或者在其他事情上失败了。

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One thing any backpacker will tell you is that it's tedious and monotonous. You're bored sometimes, so you really have to make the fun in your head.

任何背包客都会告诉你的一件事是,这是单调乏味的。有时候你会觉得无聊,所以你必须让自己的头脑充满乐趣。

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.

写小说的时候,作者应该创造活生生的人;人们不要字符。一个人物是一幅漫画。

I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say.

我从来没有写过一本书。这有点像听写。我有话要说。

War is by no means something glamorous, and I don't think that should ever be forgotten.

战争绝不是什么迷人的东西,我认为这一点永远不应该被遗忘。

The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.

成功的代价是对那些过去冷落你的人感到厌烦。

Imma try and swim from something, bigger than me.

我妈试着从比我大的地方游过去。