I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

  • -- V. S. Naipaul V.S.奈保尔

我是那种人们认为别人在读的作家。

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Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness.

死亡过去常常在生命的壮年宣布它自己,但现在人们拖得太久了,有时我们似乎到了不得不宣布死亡的时候。就好像一个人死的时候需要一种特殊的力量,而不是最终的弱点。

Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world.

陆海空军备竞赛不仅是人民的可怕负担,而且我认为它是对世界和平的最大威胁之一。

To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something has to happen that you can't coach.

想要拥有你想要的那一年,就必须发生一些你无法解释的事情。一定会发生一些你无法指导的事情。

Usually bands with violins - it's this little, poorly amplified looking kind of futile on stage, and that's not the way that my music is put together.

通常有小提琴伴奏的乐队——在舞台上,这种小的,扩音器很差的乐器看起来是无用的,这不是我的音乐组合的方式。