It's like a craft. I had my little tape and my little scissors, my little project, my craft project. So, stories are a craft.

被结构，被建造，我手里有这个小胶带，一把小剪刀，一个任务，一个手工品，所以故事就像手工作品。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

As long as it was not abrupt, right? I may take my scissors, and cut out a foot in the middle.

这个过程并不是突然的，对吗？，我拿出一把剪刀，这时减掉中间的一英尺。

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Mrs. Watts was sitting alone in a white iron bed cutting her toenails with a large pair of scissors.

Watts太太独自坐在,一张白色的铁床上,用一把很大的剪刀,剪自己的脚趾甲。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选