I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

  • -- Mohsin Hamid 莫欣·哈米德

作为小说家,我不太擅长研究;我主要凭经验写作。

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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。

Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do.

小说家总是有完全的自由,几乎可以用他们认为合适的任何方式讲述他们的故事。这就是我要做的。

If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all.

如果你写作(或者画画,或者跳舞,或者雕刻,或者唱歌,我想),有人会让你觉得很糟糕,仅此而已。

Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever.

无论你是谁,你都不会写这本书。我什么也不能告诉你。别再给我打电话了。永远。