威廉·肯尼迪
生動(dòng)刻畫美國小鎮(zhèn)生活
The writer's only responsibility is to his art.
作家唯一的責(zé)任就是對他的藝術(shù)負(fù)責(zé)。
You have to believe in the reality of the world and the reality of the people in it.
你必須相信世界的真實(shí)性和其中人們的真實(shí)性。
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
不要僅僅滿足于比同輩或前人優(yōu)秀，努力超越自己。
The best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.
最好的小說比任何新聞報(bào)道都真實(shí)得多。
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
移山之人，始于搬運(yùn)小石。
I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.
我從來不知道自己對某件事的看法，除非我讀了自己寫下的東西。
The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.
唯一值得寫的就是人類內(nèi)心與自我的沖突。
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
我們必須自由，不是因?yàn)槲覀冃Q自由，而是因?yàn)槲覀冔`行自由。
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
除非有勇氣遠(yuǎn)離海岸，否則你永遠(yuǎn)游不到新的地平線。
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
過去從未消逝，它甚至還未過去。