Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story.

  • -- Chinua Achebe 奇努阿切贝

一旦一部小说开始,我知道它是可行的,我就不会担心情节或主题。这些东西几乎会自动出现,因为角色现在正在拉故事。

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I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any terrible thing that could happen.

我不是个特别勇敢的孩子,我想,因为我有叙事的头脑,因为我的头脑自动地想到任何可能发生的可怕的事情。

If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.

如果你一个人写小说,你就坐着,编一个小故事。这是好,但这无关紧要。

You don't automatically assume everyone will fall for a period drama.

你不会想当然地认为每个人都会爱上一部历史剧。

A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.

一部小说抓住了任何其他形式都不可能抓住的精髓。

We mustn’t give trouble a shape before it throws its shadow.

我们不应该在麻烦出现之前给它一个形状。

Living in worry invites death in a hurry.

生活在忧虑中会导致死亡。