安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人

　　安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人，专业上被称为A.S.Byatt，是英国小说家、诗人和布克奖得主。2008年，《泰晤士报》将她列入1945年以来英国50位最伟大作家的名单。

安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人(A. S. Byatt)名言

I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a lot more damage than those who are muddling along.

我对生活，人际关系以及政治和生态问题都非常悲观。人类是不适当的愚蠢动物，迟早会造成混乱，而那些试图做善事的人所造成的损害要比那些一头雾水的人遭受的损害更大。

安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人

I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of a match or game of which the result was already decided. I feel bound to cheat and look up what can be looked up.

我在电视上看了很多体育节目。我只看某些体育比赛，而我只看现场直播-我认为我以前从未看过比赛或比赛的重播，而比赛结果已经确定。我觉得一定要作弊，抬头看看可以抬头的东西。

安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人

Reading a newspaper is like reading someone's letters, as opposed to a biography or a history. The writer really does not know what will happen. A novelist needs to feel what that is like.

读报纸就像读某人的来信，而不是传记或历史。作家真的不知道会发生什么。小说家需要去感受那种感觉。

安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人

If a novelist tells you something she knows or thinks, and you believe her, that is not because either of you think she is God, but because she is doing her work - as a novelist.

如果小说家告诉您她知道或想到的事情，并且您相信她，那不是因为你们俩都认为她是上帝，而是因为她正在做自己的工作-作为小说家。

安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人

You can understand a lot about yourself by working out which fairytale you use to present your world to yourself in.

通过找出用来向自己展示世界的童话，您可以对自己有很多了解。

安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人

The point of painting is not really deception or imitation.

绘画的重点不是真正的欺骗或模仿。

安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人

What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.

我需要写的很好，是热，光和孤独的结合。

安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人

Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends.

传记不再被用来解释或探索伟大的伟大。他们纠正平衡，探索秘密弱点，破坏传奇。