Making a book is such a big enterprise.

  • -- V. S. Naipaul V.S.奈保尔

制作一本书是如此大的一项事业。

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As soon as I finished the first book, I wrote a second, which I hope to sell this year, and I have just about finished the third book in the series. Two more are already outlined. I'm in this for the long haul.

我刚写完第一本书,就写了第二本书,希望今年能卖出去,而我也差不多完成了这个系列的第三本书。另外两项计划已经拟定。我要在这干很长时间。

The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there.

首先要认识到的不仅是阿富汗,还有任何一个贫穷的不发达国家,它就像地图上看起来的那么大,当你在那里的时候,它会变得更大。

But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I'm not going to go to bed hungry, I'm not going to wear hand-me-down clothes.

但最明显的是,我记得我总是对自己说,当我长大了,我不会饿着肚子睡觉,我不会穿旧衣服。

Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess.

我想我的计划是写诗,出版书,以写诗为生。我想这是一个雄心勃勃的计划。