Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

  • -- J. G. Ballard 巴拉德

鉴于外部现实是虚构的,作者的角色几乎是多余的。他不需要虚构,因为小说已经存在了。

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The hardest part about writing fiction is finding long stretches of time to do it: for me, this means writing mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. But I am always thinking about my characters, jotting down ideas in stolen moments and hoping I'll be able to make sense of them when the weekend rolls around.

写小说最难的部分是找到很长的时间来写作:对我来说,这意味着大部分时间都要在周六和周日写作。但我总是在想我的角色,在偷来的瞬间写下我的想法,希望周末到来时我能弄懂它们。

When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

当一件事被说成不值得反驳时,你可以肯定它要么是极其愚蠢的(在这种情况下,所有的评论都是多余的),要么就是某种可怕的东西,问题的关键所在。

I feel like science fiction can get a bad rap sometimes because people make something just to throw an alien in it or just to make it weird, and it doesn't really have a story.

我觉得科幻小说有时会有不好的名声,因为人们做一些东西只是为了把外星人扔进去,或者只是为了让它看起来很奇怪,而它并没有真正的故事。

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

但是,教育的力量很少有多大作用,除非是在那些几乎是多余的快乐的性情中。

If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.

如果你想发明一些新东西,你会遇到很多令人沮丧的地方,大多数人都会放弃。

I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.

我一直迷恋着女人。我和他们没有亲密的关系,但我发现女人很漂亮。

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

依恋是幻想的伟大制造者;只有超然的人才能达到现实。