Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed.

  • -- P. G. Wodehouse 伍德豪斯

成功之于作家是一个规律,它是如此的渐进,以至于当他回首往事并意识到自己已经攀登到的高度时,他总会感到某种震惊。

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Too often, I think, children are required to write before they have anything to say. Teach them to think and read and talk with self-repression, and they will write because they cannot help it.

我认为,孩子们常常被要求在有话要说之前就开始写作。教他们用自我压抑的方式思考、阅读和交谈,他们会写作,因为他们无法控制自己。

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

艺术的功能是更新我们的感知。我们熟悉的东西我们就看不见了。作者对熟悉的场景进行了震撼,就像施了魔法一样,我们从中看到了新的含义。