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在我看来,拥有一台相机和拥有一支笔没有什么区别,只是赋予了你记录和表达的可能,用什么笔,怎样的书写,并没有区分高级与不高级,而倘若人生真的贫瘠到无所可记,才会转而去玩弄无意义的工具本身或者追求一种姿态的"高级",用以掩盖人生,那种可怕的贫瘠。”
有这样一段关于海明威和亚当斯的对话 (真实性无从考证)
Hemingway is purported to have praised Adams’ photographs, saying, “You take the most amazing pictures. What kind of camera do you use?”
Adams frowned and then replied, “You write the most amazing stories. What kind of typewriter do you use?”