Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.

  • -- Thomas Perry 托马斯·佩里

读一本小说,书中所有的人物都表现出耐心、勤奋、贞洁和延迟的满足感,这可能是一种相当枯燥的经历。

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I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.

我可以告诉你,作为一名作家和一名读者,我认为性格是最重要的。或者女王。不管情节多么扣人心弦,情节多么曲折有趣,如果我觉得我遇到的不是一个真实的人,我就不会强迫自己去读下去。

I want all my books to provoke some kind of response in the reader, to make them think something or feel something or both, and for that to become a part of them and work into their own lives.

我希望我所有的书都能激起读者的某种反应,让他们思考一些东西或感受一些东西,或两者兼而有之,让它们成为他们的一部分,融入他们自己的生活。

That is dream reading. As the birds leave south or north in their season, the Dream reader has dreams to read.

这就是读梦。当鸟儿在它们的季节离开南方或北方时,读梦的人就有梦要读。

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

拥有一本书就成了阅读的替代品。