Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

-- H. L. Mencken 门肯

历史学家:不成功的小说家。

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To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I'm not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you're after is the same thing.

唱歌和写诗是完全不同的。我不是也永远不会成为小说家，但是写小说和写剧本是两码事。形式不同，但本质上是一样的。

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As a novelist, I suppose I can say that I'm highly articulate. But I know, as a person, in other ways, I'm not always articulate. I think we are all, from time to time, inarticulate, at some level, about some things.

作为一个小说家，我想我可以说我的表达能力很强。但我知道，作为一个人，在其他方面，我并不总是能言善辩。我认为，在某种程度上，我们有时，对某些事情都是口齿不清的。

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The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

历史学家的首要条件是没有发明创造的能力。

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Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

历史学家——广泛的八卦。

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