The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab.

  • -- Mary Roberts Rinehart 玛丽·罗伯茨·莱因哈特

写作生涯并不浪漫。这位作家的生活也许多姿多彩,但他的作品本身却相当单调乏味。