I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.

  • -- Wole Soyinka 黄豆

我并不真的认为自己是小说家,那只是纯属偶然。

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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。

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

名望是一种蒸汽,名望是一种意外,财富会随风而逝。只有一件事是永恒的,那就是品格。

I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.

我只是想让人们看到我做我自己的事情,我不傻,我可以拿自己开玩笑。

I've learned to allow myself the room to fall in love with what I'm writing.

我学会了给自己足够的空间去爱上我所写的东西。

A novelist can’t be without a kimono and pen!(Shigure)

小说家不能没有和服和笔!

I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously?

我只是个意外。为什么对这一切如此认真?