At any rate, the reader must regard it as creative writing rather than simply a record of life."

无论从哪一层面来看，把它当作是极具创想的作品,而不单单是生活的记录“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Well, I think we recognize it all the time, and we recognize it all the time by the way in the writing life.

我觉得我们一直,都了解它的存在,了解的方式主要是通过写作。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The final section of the poem presents us with the most powerful temptation that John Milton can confront, and we will find that this is a problem that continues for the rest of his writing life.

诗的最后一部分呈现给我们,弥尔顿会面对的最强有力的诱惑，我们将发现这是个,贯穿他以后写作生涯的问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Next time, we're turning to a very different kind of writing, a writing equally preoccupied with its relationship to the world, to life, but very differently approaching that problem.

下次，我们将关注一部完全不同的,作品，一部同样让人着迷的，与生活和世界以完全不同的,方式产生关联的作品。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I'm thinking of the writing life one might have whenever we write a letter these days.

我所说的写作，也包括,现代生活中的写信。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Power is a conceptual category that Milton brooded on and cultivated his entire writing life. From a very early age, Milton nursed the image of himself as a powerful poet.

米尔顿终其写作生涯都在思考，创建,力量这一概念范畴，还在很小的时候，米尔顿就开始把自己想做是一个强有力的诗人。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选