I have friends who are capable of writing a very rough draft and then going back and embroidering - they're sort of the cathedral builders of fiction. I never really know what I'm doing, and all my pleasure's on the level of the line.

  • -- Karen Russell 卡伦·拉塞尔

我有一些朋友,他们能够写一个非常粗略的草稿,然后回去刺绣——他们有点像小说的大教堂建造者。我从来都不知道自己在做什么,我所有的快乐都在这条线上。

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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。

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses.

小说的第一个谎言是作者给混乱的生活安排了秩序:时间顺序,或者作者选择的任何顺序。

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

当一个人凝视着石堆时,它就不再是石堆了,在他的心中有一座大教堂的形象。

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

古老的大教堂很好,但是悬挂在一切之上的蓝色大圆顶更好。