The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most of the common virtues, the signs of a good person, are not.

-- Thomas Perry 托马斯·佩里

你所说的掠夺成性和令人厌恶的角色是有用的。他们把小说拍成惊悚片。他们是积极的，而大多数共同的美德，一个好人的标志，却不是。

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Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts.

在某种古老的传奇故事中，动物是程式化的角色——程式化是因为即使是最敏锐的动物，在扮演自己的角色时也没有多少回旋的余地。

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I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

我可能太了解男人了。我意识到它们天生就是食肉动物，我对雄性动物有一定的接受度。

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I've sort of dealt with the characters' lives more; particularly the women characters.

我更多地处理了角色的生活;尤其是女性角色。

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