A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

  • -- William Faulkner 威廉·福克纳

作家必须教育自己,最卑鄙的事情莫过于害怕。

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It was really written as most, I think, books are by writers - for themselves. There was something that just had to be written, in a way that it had to be written. If you know what I mean.

我想,这本书和大多数书一样,都是作者为他们自己写的。有些东西是必须写出来的,以一种必须写出来的方式。如果你明白我的意思。

You know, I don't read the blogs, or go on the internet, and I really just don't know what people are saying because... well I guess I'm afraid to.

我不读博客,也不上网,我真的不知道人们在说什么,因为……我想我害怕。

It's not the future that you're afraid of. It's repeating the past that makes you anxious.

你害怕的不是未来。让你焦虑的是重复过去。

I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.

我认为自己是一个现实主义作家,而不是肥皂剧或情节剧的创作者。

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

任何傻瓜都能写小说,但只有真正的天才才能把它卖出去。

The best way to be original is to not copy anyone.

保持原创的最好方法就是不要抄袭别人。