I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it takes a while to settle into a mode where I'm truly concentrating.

  • -- Curtis Sittenfeld 科蒂斯·希登费尔德

我没有什么特别的仪式,但我不会写小说,除非我有几个小时的时间。对我来说,我需要一段时间来适应一种真正集中注意力的模式。

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You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have your facts straight. But I think you don't have to live a hard life to be a good or interesting songwriter.

你必须活在你写的东西里,或者你必须知道它。也有例外,比如故事歌曲,你只需要把事实弄清楚。但我认为你不必为了成为一名优秀或有趣的作曲家而过着艰辛的生活。

This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it's all about and that's why for me the FA Cup and the Carling Cup are the best cups in the world. That's the beauty of the cup.

这就是为什么世界杯决赛如此特别,因为在这一天任何人都可以打败任何人。这就是为什么对我来说足总杯和联赛杯是世界上最好的杯赛。这就是杯子的美丽之处。

I had this instinct and I just knew it. It was a very strange thing and as soon as I finished recording it, we were all in the studio saying we have something really special here.

我有这种本能,我就知道。这是一件非常奇怪的事情,当我录制完这首歌的时候,我们都在录音室里说,我们这里有一些非常特别的东西。

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

我发现有一种音乐很适合我;我从来没有想过要写学术上可以接受的音乐。

I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything.

我并不认为科幻小说是虚构的。我能想象火星上的殖民地和一切。

His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction.

他的理论是,非小说可以像小说一样巧妙。