J·M·庫切
兩次獲得布克獎的南非作家
The more you write, the more you discover what you don’t know.
寫得越多，越發(fā)現(xiàn)自己無知。
Writing is a way of making sense of the world.
寫作是理解世界的一種方式。
The world is full of stories, but only a few are worth telling.
世界充滿故事，但只有少數(shù)值得講述。
To be a writer is to be a watcher, a listener, a recorder.
成為作家意味著成為觀察者、傾聽者和記錄者。
The truth is never just one thing; it is always several things at once.
The past is not dead, it is not even past.
The only way to tell the truth is to speak without fear of the consequences.
說出真相的唯一方式是無畏后果地表達(dá)。
We are all born with a certain degree of talent. What we do with it is up to us.
我們生來都具備某種程度的天賦。如何利用它取決于我們自己。
心不是一個隱喻。
To be alive is to be in a state of constant rebellion.
活著就是處于持續(xù)的反叛狀態(tài)。
The past is not dead; it is not even past.