It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering.

  • -- Thomas Perry 托马斯·佩里

我认为,对于小说作家来说,重要的是在写作的时候保持对书的节奏和形式的意识。也就是说,他应该制造一个物体,而不是喋喋不休。

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There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge.

仍然有一种感觉,认为女性的写作属于较低的写作类别,认为在育儿室或卧室里发生的事情不如战场上发生的事情重要,认为女性所知道的知识属于较低的知识类别。

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

我们主要是通过书籍来享受与杰出人物的交往。在最好的书中,伟人与我们交谈,给我们他们最宝贵的思想,并将他们的灵魂倾注于我们。

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.

一个家境贫寒的藏书家很可能经常遭罪。书不会从他手中滑落,而是在空中从他身边飞过,像鸟一样高,像价格一样高。

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

取得重大成功的两个最重要的条件是:第一,在正确的时间出现在正确的地点,第二,为此做点什么。