Do you consider the book to be autobiographical?
可以认为这本书是你的自传吗
Well, I mean
唔,我想
isn't everything autobiographical?
这是我的自传吗
I mean, we all see the world through our own tiny keyhole, right?
我想,我们都以自己 狭窄的眼光观察这个世界
I mean, I always think of Thomas Wolfe.
我是说,我经常想起托马斯 乌尔夫
Have you ever seen that little one-page " Note to Reader"
你们有没有看过他 在《乡恋》开始的
in the front of Look Homeward, Angel?
那一小段"读者寄语"
Anyway, he says that we are the sum of all the moments of our lives
无论怎样,他说我们 只是生命各个瞬间的总和
and anybody who sits down to write will use the clay of their own life
任何人写东西的都有 他自己周围生活的气息
that you can't avoid that.
这是不可避免的
So when I look at my own life, I have to admit, right, that l--
所以当审视自己的生活的时候 我不得不承认,是的,我--
I've never been around a bunch of guns or violence, you know, not really.
我从未和枪械,暴力有过瓜葛 你们知道的,真的没有
No political intrigue or a helicopter crash, right?
也没有搞过政治阴谋或者 乘直升机失事什么的,不是吗
But my life, from my own point of view, has been full of drama, right?
但是,个人认为,我的生活 充满了戏剧色彩,是吗