We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

  • -- Joan Didion 琼·狄迪恩

为了生活,我们给自己讲故事。

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Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they're gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that's what I give them. That's all I'm trying to do. Is that really so wrong?

生活是艰辛的,很多人下班回家都很累。如果他们要花半个小时阅读,他们想要一些娱乐和成就感。这就是我给他们的。这就是我想做的。真的有那么错吗?

In terms of the way people see me, it breaks down into two very clear and distinct groups: those who think they know me from reading the papers and those who really know me by reading my books.

就人们对我的看法而言,它可以分为两类:一类是通过阅读报纸认识我的人,另一类是通过阅读我的书认识我的人。

My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.

我父亲常说故事是人类最宝贵遗产的一部分。

Without poetry, stories would be told in sepia.

没有诗歌,故事就只能在深褐色中讲述。