羅伯托·波拉尼奧
拉美文學傳奇
寫作就是在黑暗中摸索，希望能找到一盞燈。
Writing is groping in the dark, hoping to find a light.
我們都是自己生活的囚徒，但有些人比其他人更自由。
We are all prisoners of our own lives, but some are freer than others.
死亡是唯一真正嚴肅的哲學問題。
Death is the only truly serious philosophical problem.
真相總是比小說更奇怪，因為小說必須講得通，而真相不需要。
Truth is always stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense, while truth doesn't.
文學是唯一能讓我們暫時逃離現(xiàn)實的毒品。
Literature is the only drug that allows us to temporarily escape reality.
我們都是被遺忘的人，但有些人比其他人更被遺忘。
We are all forgotten people, but some are more forgotten than others.
詩歌不是奢侈品，而是必需品。
Poetry is not a luxury, but a necessity.
我寧愿做一個失敗的作家，也不愿做一個成功的銀行家。
I'd rather be a failed writer than a successful banker.
寫作是一種疾病，而出版則是它的癥狀。
Writing is a disease, and publishing is its symptom.
閱讀就像愛一樣，是一種行動。
Reading is like love, it's an action.