I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.

  • -- Elizabeth George 伊丽莎白·乔治

我试图写一本好小说。无论是文学还是文学,都将由各个时代来决定,而不是由我,也不是由世界各地的一群评论家来决定。

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When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material.

当人们问我写些什么时,我的回答是:‘人际关系的戏剧。他说,我的材料还没有快用完。

I write and chop with my left hand and do everything else, including eating with a knife, with my right.

我用左手写字和切东西,其他的都用右手,包括用刀吃饭。

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。

At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really.

在我人生的这个阶段,我并没有想要证明什么,真的。

Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.

小说写作无疑是我所知道的最累人的工作。

I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.

我认为应该有合作,但在我的控制之下。