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.

  • -- Eric Brown 埃里克·布朗

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。

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I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.'

我很会讲故事;我对人很有同情心。这对小说家来说非常有用。许多小说家都是势利小人。他们只是些卑鄙的人。我不是一个非常熟练的造型师,我也不想成为。我想让很多人读我的故事,然后说,‘那太酷了。’

To imagine yourself inside another person... is what a storywriter does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too, I suppose.

想象自己在另一个人的内心……是一个故事作家在每一部作品中所做的;我想这是他的第一步,也是最后一步。

I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story.

我认为这是一个短篇小说作家的责任,以及写好关于情感和人物,写故事。

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

这本小说对我来说是个意外。我真的不认为自己是个小说家。

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

智慧和深邃的智慧需要对神秘的诚实的欣赏。

To be quite honest, I'm not religious.

老实说,我不信教。