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

  • -- Ernest Hemingway 欧内斯特·海明威

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。

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Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

道德上的懦弱使我们不敢说出自己的想法,这对这个国家来说就像不负责任的言论一样危险。正确的方法并不总是受欢迎和容易的方法。在不受欢迎的时候坚持正义是对道德品质的真正考验。

Writing is the only art form where a good number of the artists make a slice of their living criticizing one another in print, in public.

写作是唯一的一种艺术形式,在这种艺术形式中,许多艺术家通过在出版物和公共场合互相批评来谋生。

I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.

我是一名作家,出身于受保护的家庭。受庇护的生活也可以是勇敢的生活。因为所有真正的勇敢都是从内心开始的。

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.

作家和政治家是天生的对手。这两个群体都试图按照自己的形象创造世界;他们为同一领土而战。

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed.

这些提议不时出现。他们没来敲我的门。我只是个老角色演员,不需要我。

I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out if me with steel pipes.

我心里有本爱情小说,但我雇了三个水手用钢管把它打出来。

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

写作是心灵的手工劳动:一项工作,就像铺设管道。