埃德加·勞倫斯·多克托羅
創(chuàng)新性融合歷史與小說(shuō)
The past is always changing. It is not fixed. The past is not stable.
過(guò)去總是在變化。它不是固定的。過(guò)去并不穩(wěn)定。
I like the idea that every life has its own rhythm, that people are not simply points moving through time.
我喜歡這樣的想法：每個(gè)生命都有自己的節(jié)奏，人們不僅僅是時(shí)間中移動(dòng)的點(diǎn)。
A novelist is a person who lives in other people's skins.
小說(shuō)家是一個(gè)生活在別人皮膚里的人。
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.
寫(xiě)作的行為是一種樂(lè)觀的行為。如果你覺(jué)得它不重要，你就不會(huì)費(fèi)心去做。
There is no history except as it is composed.
歷史只有在被書(shū)寫(xiě)時(shí)才存在。
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
計(jì)劃寫(xiě)作不是寫(xiě)作。列提綱、做研究、和別人談?wù)撃阍谧鍪裁矗@些都不是寫(xiě)作。寫(xiě)作就是寫(xiě)作。
The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.
歷史學(xué)家會(huì)告訴你發(fā)生了什么。小說(shuō)家會(huì)告訴你那是什么感覺(jué)。
History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
歷史就是現(xiàn)在。這就是為什么每一代人都要重新書(shū)寫(xiě)它。但大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為的歷史是其最終產(chǎn)物——神話。
The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
作家不是在真空中造就的。作家是見(jiàn)證者。我們需要作家的原因是因?yàn)槲覀冃枰?jiàn)證這個(gè)可怕的世紀(jì)。
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
寫(xiě)作是一種社會(huì)認(rèn)可的精神分裂癥形式。