The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.

  • -- Susan Sontag 苏珊·桑塔格

作者要么是一个修行的隐士,要么是一个犯罪的、充满罪恶感的人——或者两者兼而有之。通常这两个。

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Talent is a faucet. When it is on, one must write. Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

天赋是一个水龙头。当它打开时,人们必须写。灵感是诗人为了显示自己的重要性而发明的一场闹剧。

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

任何作家绝对诚实地取悦自己,几乎肯定会取悦他人。