One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

要想读得好,一个人必须是发明家。然后是创造性阅读和创造性写作。

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So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order.

因此,每一个创造性的行为都力求获得绝对的地位;它渴望创造一个美丽的世界,战胜混乱,使之恢复秩序。

When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly.

当写作好的时候,一本书就变成了一面镜子。读者会看到一种不可思议的熟悉感,并做出相应的反应。

Sometimes I scare myself at how easily I slip inside my mind and live vicariously through these characters.

有时候,我很容易就会把自己吓到,因为我很容易就会潜入自己的内心,通过这些角色来实现自己的想法。

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

书有可浅尝者,有可吞食者,少数则须咀嚼消化。

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

人类的创造冲动总是与占有冲动相斗争。

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

你是一个读者,也是一个作家,所以写你想读的。

If a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

如果一本书不能自我解释,那么它就不值得一读。

We read to know we are not alone.

我们读书是为了知道我们并不孤单。