Writing has to support itself.

  • -- V. S. Naipaul V.S.奈保尔

写作必须自给自足。

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I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much deeper into my thoughts and memories than conversation does. Writing provides the solitude necessary to reflect on being in this world.

我写作是为了找出我真正知道什么,以及我对某些事情的真实感受。写作需要我比谈话更深入地思考和记忆。写作提供了反思这个世界所必需的孤独。

I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.

我认为语言现象具有基本的重要性。“说”的意思是能够使用某种语法,掌握这种或那种语言的形态,但最重要的是要假定一种文化,支持一种文明的重量。

Life is a wall, you have to climb it by pushing others to climb over and you will be pushed as well. Give a helping hand today.

人生是一堵墙,你必须推着别人爬过去,别人也会推你过去。今天伸出援助之手。

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

没有完美的写作,就像没有完美的绝望一样。