Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

  • -- Edmond de Goncourt 龚古尔

历史学家讲述过去的故事,小说家讲述现在的故事。

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Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days.

嗯,说实话,我认为我比小说家更擅长写短篇小说。我发现小说非常难读,长时间、长时间、长时间、长时间地有意识地思考,而短篇小说几天就能毫无痛苦地脱口而出。

Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.

没有过去的国家在某些方面是矛盾的。造就一个国家的是过去,证明一个国家反对其他国家的正当性的是过去,历史学家是创造历史的人。

Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry.

小说家的写作并不像鸟儿歌唱那样,是受自然的推动。这是工作的一部分,应该有很多例行公事和一些木工水平的日常事务。

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.

我认为,历史学家和历史事件的分析者需要事件的现场目击者所提供的事实的权威性,他们把这些事件作为他们研究的主题。