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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Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.

短篇小说写作需要细腻的平衡感。坦率地说,小说家可以获得更多。一部小说可能会有一两个乏味的地方,因为读者已经做出了不同的承诺。

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 bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

自行车当然应该永远是小说家和诗人的交通工具。

I'm just a storyteller.

我只是一个讲故事的人。