I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

我深信过多的文学作品是一种社会罪行。

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Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first.

在早期的史考特和狄更斯、萨克雷之间,有大量的小说作品,其中不少小说的名字应该排在第二类小说的前列,而有些则会把其中不止一个提升到第一类。

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'

他们说,文学力量的考验是一个人能否题词。我说,‘他能给小猫起个名字吗?’

The great break of my literary career was going to law school.

我文学生涯中最大的突破是上法学院。

Production is something I've never come to terms with.

生产是我从未接受过的。