Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

有些书不应该被遗忘;没有一个是不值得记住的。

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I am drawn to writing and directing as it is most like the feeling I had when I was a teenager with my puppet theatre. You are more in control of everything and involved in every aspect of production, so more challenged and fulfilled.

我被写作和导演所吸引,因为这很像我十几岁时在木偶剧院的感觉。你更能掌控一切,参与到生产的方方面面,因此更有挑战性和成就感。

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of a writer's own life.

写故事或小说是在经历中发现顺序的一种方式,是在作者自己的生活中偶然发现因果关系的一种方式。

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.

事情不一定是真的。故事和冒险是阴暗的真理,当事实只是灰尘、灰烬和遗忘时,这些真理将继续存在。

A great book is a homing device for navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care about the comfort of a chair.

一本好书是导航天堂的导航装置。一本好书在某种程度上让你关心椅子的舒适度。

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.

从你自己的几本好书开始你的生活是一件很棒的事情。

Just to be remembered is good enough for me. Lots of people are forgotten.

对我来说,被人记住就足够了。很多人都被遗忘了。