I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.'

  • -- James Patterson 詹姆斯·帕特森

我很会讲故事;我对人很有同情心。这对小说家来说非常有用。许多小说家都是势利小人。他们只是些卑鄙的人。我不是一个非常熟练的造型师,我也不想成为。我想让很多人读我的故事,然后说,‘那太酷了。’

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Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days.

嗯,说实话,我认为我比小说家更擅长写短篇小说。我发现小说非常难读,长时间、长时间、长时间、长时间地有意识地思考,而短篇小说几天就能毫无痛苦地脱口而出。

Also, in my acting, I feel very much like a storyteller, exploring the flaws of the characters that I interpret. I look for the imperfections, and I love a character that is just so flawed.

此外,在我的表演中,我觉得自己非常像一个讲故事的人,探索我所诠释的角色的缺点。我寻找不完美的地方,我喜欢有缺陷的角色。

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

听着,我只是个说书人。当我拍电影的时候,我从来不想让电影成为社会宣传的工具。

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

这本小说对我来说是个意外。我真的不认为自己是个小说家。