吉姆·克雷斯
英國文學(xué)大師
"To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone."
成為一名作家就是在每一天的寒冷時分坐在桌前寫作；而不是等待天才的藍(lán)色火焰從胸骨中噴涌而出。
"The books that help you most are those which make you think the most."
對你幫助最大的書是那些讓你思考最多的書。
"Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else."
寫作是唯一一件當(dāng)我做的時候，我不會覺得我應(yīng)該在做其他事情的事情。
"The world is full of light and life, and the true crime is not to be interested in it."
世界充滿了光明和生命，真正的罪惡是對此不感興趣。
"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."
故事是作者寫給自己的一封信，用來告訴自己那些無法通過其他方式發(fā)現(xiàn)的事情。
"Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry."
只有那些心智極其脆弱的人才會拒絕受文學(xué)和詩歌的影響。
"The past is always tense, the future perfect."
過去總是緊張的，而未來是完美的。
"We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game."
我們都是拼湊而成的，構(gòu)造如此無形且多樣，以至于每一部分、每一刻都在進(jìn)行自己的游戲。
"Memory is a kind of accomplishment, a sort of renewal even."
記憶是一種成就，甚至是一種更新。
"Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle."
每一次旅程都隱藏著另一段旅程：未選擇的路和被遺忘的角度。