1. \"The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean.\"
“文學(xué)并不是苦于寫作,而在于如何寫出你想表達(dá)的意思?!?/p>
——英國作家、詩人 羅伯特#8226;路易斯#8226;斯蒂文森(Robert Louis Stevenson)
2. \"Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.\"
“書籍是文明的載體。倘若沒有書,歷史將是一片沉寂,文學(xué)將啞口無聲,科學(xué)將變得殘缺不全,思想將停滯不前?!?/p>
——美國歷史學(xué)家、作家 巴巴拉#8226;W#8226;塔奇曼(Barbara W. Tuchman)
3. \"The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.\"
“文學(xué)的衰落表明一個(gè)民族的衰落?!?/p>
——德國作家、詩人、劇作家 歌德(John Wolfgang von Goethe)
4. \"If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.\"
“在寫作期間如果你屏住了呼吸,如果你沒有高聲吶喊,如果你沒有快樂地歌唱,那你就不要寫了,我們的文化不需要這樣的作品?!?/p>
——法裔美國短篇小說家 阿娜伊斯#8226;寧(Anais Nin)
5. \"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.\"
“寫作就如賣淫,剛開始是為了愛,然后是為了幾個(gè)好朋友,最后就只是為了錢了?!?/p>
——法國戲劇家兼演員莫里哀(Moliere)