威廉·博伊德
精湛的歷史小說
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
每一幅帶著感情繪制的肖像都是藝術(shù)家的自畫像，而非模特的肖像。
定義就是限制。
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
擺脫誘惑的唯一方法就是屈服于它。
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
寫作的藝術(shù)就是發(fā)現(xiàn)你所相信之物的藝術(shù)。
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
小說是謊言中的真相。
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
生活比人類頭腦所能發(fā)明的任何事物都要離奇得多。
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
世界上充滿了顯而易見的事情，但偏偏沒有人注意到。
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
寫作是唯一一個如果你賺不到錢也沒人會覺得你可笑的職業(yè)。
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
一本好小說告訴我們關(guān)于其主人公的真相，而一本壞小說告訴我們關(guān)于其作者的真相。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
過去是一個異國他鄉(xiāng)；他們在那里行事不同。