在二十七岁零八个月以前,我根本没有想过要从事写作。写作的念头,不是我,而是还没有成为我妻子的那个人的主意。她说:“你为什么不试着写作呢?你干这个挺合适。”我带着淡淡的笑意听她说话,因为我知道自己该干什么。如果你是英国寄宿学校或英国大学培养成人的,如果你爱好娱乐和旅行,是个没有实际经验的律师,挣得微薄的工资,那么,你未必会认真地从事文学。不过,你可以从喜爱的文学里得到乐趣。 Before twenty-seven years and eight months ago, I never thought of writing. The idea of ​​writing is not mine, but the idea of ​​someone who has not yet become my wife. She said: “Why don’t you try to write? You’re doing this properly.” I listened to her with a faint smile because I knew what I should do. If you are a boarding school in the UK or a British university, if you love to entertain and travel, you are a lawyer with no practical experience and earn a meagre wage, then you may not be serious about literature. However, you can have fun in your favorite literature.