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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That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

对我来说,这似乎就是“小说”的定义:一个尚未找到简洁方式的故事。

Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel.

水门事件是一桩极其复杂的丑闻,涉及的人物形形色色,就像托尔斯泰的小说一样。

If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.

如果你的眼睛被烦恼蒙蔽了,你就看不到日落的美丽。

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。

Don't worry about polls, but if you do, don't admit it.

不要担心民意调查,但如果你担心,就不要承认。

We children learned responsibility automatically.

我们孩子自动学会了责任。