要理解一种文化,首先必须理解它的语言。
To understand a culture, one must first understand its language.
心理学必须是一门观察的科学,而非推测。
历史学家会告诉你发生了什么。小说家会告诉你那是什么感觉。
Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.