For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo.

For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo.

对我来说，作为一个初出茅庐的小说家，所有其他在世的作家组成了一个对照组，对他们来说，世界就是安慰剂。

-- Nicholson Baker 尼科尔森·贝克