I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.

  • -- Lynn Abbey 李恩·阿贝

我有一些传统科幻小说的想法,但我从来没有卖出去。我是一个著名的幻想作家,我的经纪人和编辑都不愿意冒险让我的品牌改换风格。

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I've been fortunate to play many different types of characters thus far. However, I really enjoy playing roles that are different than who I am personally. You can have these small fantasy worlds where you can be people you would otherwise never get to be: a doctor, a lawyer, a ruthless business woman.

到目前为止,我很幸运地扮演了许多不同类型的角色。然而,我真的很喜欢扮演不同于我个人的角色。你可以拥有这些小小的幻想世界,在那里你可以成为你永远不会成为的人:医生、律师、无情的女商人。

My mother bought me a brand new suit for going away to college. We were poor, but she wanted me to have that. It was a powder blue suit with peg pants - you know, skinny at the bottom. I think I made quite an impression with that.

我妈妈给我买了一套全新的衣服准备去上大学。我们很穷,但她想让我拥有它。那是一套粉蓝色的西装,下摆是紧身裤。我想这给我留下了深刻的印象。

Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap.

幸福就像一只猫,如果你试图哄它或叫它,它会避开你;它永远不会来。但如果你不注意它,继续你的工作,你会发现它摩擦你的腿,跳到你的膝盖上。

If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.

如果不是因为编辑们在这个政治正确的时代变得如此胆怯,我可能会拥有比现在更多的读者。

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.

广告会腐蚀编辑吗?是的,但是编辑的数量比你想象的要少……绝大多数编辑都是清廉的。

I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me.

我没有在街上游行,没有跳到队伍前面,没有牵着手……那不是我。

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

我们生活在一个幻想的世界,一个幻想的世界。人生最大的任务是发现现实。

This is the band I always wanted to be in.

这是我一直想加入的乐队。