There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work.

-- William Gaddis 威廉·加迪斯

没有什么比一个作家站在观众面前读他的作品更令人苦恼或厌倦的了。

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I often have trouble falling asleep at night, so when I'm lying in bed I think up stories. That's where I do a lot of my thinking. I also get a lot of ideas while I'm reading - sometimes reading someone else's stories will make me think of one of my own.

我晚上经常难以入睡，所以当我躺在床上时，我就会想故事。这就是我思考的地方。我在阅读的时候也会得到很多想法——有时候读别人的故事会让我想起我自己的故事。

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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

任何傻瓜都能写小说，但只有真正的天才才能把它卖出去。

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Flow is something the reader experiences, not the writer.

心流是读者的体验，而不是作者。

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I never listen to music when I'm writing.

我写作时从不听音乐。

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