You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.

You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.

如果你还在写小说的时候就开始思考小说可能产生的影响，你会发疯的。

-- Jonathan Coe 乔纳森·科伊