"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
暴力是無(wú)能者的最后避難所。
"The world is a brutal place. My books reflect that."
世界是殘酷的,我的書反映了這一點(diǎn)。
"I'm not interested in heroes. I'm interested in survivors."
我對(duì)英雄不感興趣,我對(duì)幸存者感興趣。
真相總是丑陋的。
"You have to be willing to go to the places that scare you."
你必須愿意去那些讓你害怕的地方。
"Crime is the noir version of the American Dream."
犯罪是美國(guó)夢(mèng)的黑色版本。
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
過(guò)去從未消逝,它甚至還沒(méi)有過(guò)去。
"I write about people who are desperate, who are on the edge, who have no other options."
我寫的是那些絕望的人,那些處于邊緣的人,那些別無(wú)選擇的人。
"Los Angeles is the city of the future—always."
洛杉磯是未來(lái)的城市——永遠(yuǎn)都是。
"I'm interested in the darkness. If you don't go into the darkness, you're never going to see the light."
我對(duì)黑暗感興趣。如果你不走進(jìn)黑暗,你永遠(yuǎn)看不到光明。