All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?

  • -- Steven Saylor 史蒂文·赛勒

所有的写作都是一种自我探索的行为。甚至购物清单也能反映出你的一些情况;一本小说又能说明什么呢?

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It took me a long time to find out that I was born to be an actor. It was the last thing on my list, although my list was very small. I didn't know what to do. But kids weren't supposed to know what to do back then; we were all cute and we'd find out what we'd do later in life.

我花了很长时间才发现我生来就是当演员的料。这是我清单上的最后一件事,尽管我的清单很小。我不知道该怎么办。但那时孩子们不应该知道该做什么;我们都很可爱,我们会发现我们以后会做什么。

I do love to shop. But I'm a social shopper. I like to do it while hanging out with my friends. Some of them hate shopping because they treat it like something you have to plan, like a grocery list. But if I'm out and I pass a store, I just pop in.

我喜欢购物。但我是一个社交购物者。我喜欢和朋友们出去玩的时候这样做。有些人讨厌购物,因为他们把购物看成是你必须计划的事情,比如购物清单。但是如果我出去了,路过一家商店,我就会进去。

Obviously, the most memorable has a lot to do with the time spent on the matter, and the Westerfield and Peterson cases are up at the top of the list.

显然,最令人难忘的是花在这件事上的时间,韦斯特菲尔德案和彼得森案名列榜首。

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.

当我还是个孩子的时候,有时我很饿,我常常梦想有一天我会被锁在杂货店里。