The hardest part about writing fiction is finding long stretches of time to do it: for me, this means writing mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. But I am always thinking about my characters, jotting down ideas in stolen moments and hoping I'll be able to make sense of them when the weekend rolls around.

  • -- Julie Courtney Sullivan 朱莉·考特尼·沙利文

写小说最难的部分是找到很长的时间来写作:对我来说,这意味着大部分时间都要在周六和周日写作。但我总是在想我的角色,在偷来的瞬间写下我的想法,希望周末到来时我能弄懂它们。

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My problem is that the audience is more fiction-literate than ever. In Shakespeare's day, you probably expected to see a play once or twice in your life; today you experience four or five different kinds of fiction every day. So staying ahead of the audience is impossible.

我的问题是,观众比以往任何时候都更懂小说。在莎士比亚的时代,你可能希望一生中看一两次戏剧;今天,你每天都会经历四五种不同的小说。所以要想在观众面前保持领先是不可能的。

I'm hoping that maybe everyone on the Olympic team thinks that I'm worthy to carry the flag. That's my next goal, to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies, if everyone chooses me.

我希望也许奥运代表队的每个人都认为我有资格扛起这面旗子。这是我的下一个目标,如果每个人都选择我,我将在开幕式上举国旗。

I am hoping to be able to lend my support to a Sickle Cell charity in the near future, as I want to try and help raise money and awareness about this disease.

我希望在不久的将来能够向镰状细胞慈善机构提供我的支持,因为我想尝试帮助筹集资金和提高人们对这种疾病的认识。

I spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love.

我花了六年时间学习圣经,因为我需要脚踏实地。人们真的需要花时间读圣经来认识他们自称爱的神。

Writing fiction is a way of expressing feelings and revealing a certain truth about life, goals, dreams and desires.

写小说是一种表达情感的方式,揭示关于生活、目标、梦想和欲望的某种真相。

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.

我的很多时间都花在阅读古籍或绝版参考书上。