I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction.

  • -- Irvine Welsh 威尔士

我倾向于读更多的非小说类书籍,真的,因为当我写作的时候,我不喜欢读其他的小说。

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Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.

一个作家对小说艺术或工艺的了解,只会使他对写作的需要或欲望减少一点点。最后他知道了所有的诀窍,却无话可说。

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world.

很明显,我更喜欢写小说,但我非常严肃地对待我的新闻工作,我喜欢在小说之间写作。这让我有机会到外面的世界去走走。

You know, I don't read the blogs, or go on the internet, and I really just don't know what people are saying because... well I guess I'm afraid to.

我不读博客,也不上网,我真的不知道人们在说什么,因为……我想我害怕。

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

写小说有三条规则。不幸的是,没有人知道它们是什么。

I read my books aloud before they were published.

在我的书出版之前,我大声地朗读。

I do enjoy reading some science fiction.

我确实喜欢读一些科幻小说。