The other type is the professional writer who spends his entire life with a pen in hand. Take Tolstoy, for example. Just imagine the incredible grounding in culture, history, and society it takes to turn out a novel like Anna Karenina or War and Peace. He had to know Russia like the back of his hand! ”
一種是抱筆以終的職業作家，像托爾斯泰，要寫出一本《安娜卡列妮娜》，一本《戰爭與和平》，需要多少文化、歷史和社會結構的知識；需要對俄羅斯這塊土地，對土地上的人民，生活的知識有多少了解？