Chapter 1 “EveryMorning”
‘I’m leaving now,’ Teresa said.
I looked up from the newspaper. I was in the kitchen,at the table.
‘I’m leaving,’ Teresa, my wife, said again. She stoodat the kitchen table and looked down at me. I looked atmy watch. It was eight o’clock in the morning. Timefor Teresa, my wife, to go to work. She was a lawyer, avery good lawyer. And she was beautiful.
‘What are you going to do today?’ Teresa asked.
‘Don’t go back to bed! Why don’t you go out and lookfor a job?’
‘Oh no,’ I thought. ‘Eight o’clock in the morning,and she’s telling me to get a job.’
‘But I’ve got a job,’ I said, for about the thousandthtime. ‘I’m a writer.’
‘But you never finish your books! You begin lots ofbooks, but you never finish them.’
She was right. I write by hand in small notebooks –I’ve got lots of notebooks under the bed – but I don’tfinish the books.
And sometimes I don’t work. Sometimes I sit all daywith a white piece of paper and a pen and write nothing.Sometimes I sleep all morning and then I get up andwatch television all afternoon.

第1章　　《每日清晨》
“現(xiàn)在我要走了，”特麗薩說(shuō)。
我抬眼從報(bào)紙上方看過(guò)去。我在廚房里，坐在桌旁。
“我要走了，”特麗薩，我妻子，又說(shuō)了一遍。她站在餐桌旁低頭看著我。我看了看手表，是早上八點(diǎn)鐘了，特麗薩，我妻子，該去上班了。她是律師，一名很好的律師。而且她很漂亮。
“今天你打算做什么？”特麗薩問(wèn)道。“別回床上睡覺(jué)！你為什么不出去找份工作呢？”
“哦，不會(huì)吧，”我心想。“大早上八點(diǎn)鐘，她就讓我去找工作�！�
“可是我有工作，”我說(shuō)，這話我說(shuō)了大概有上千次了�！拔沂亲骷摇！�
“但你從來(lái)沒(méi)有把書(shū)寫(xiě)完！很多部書(shū)你都開(kāi)了個(gè)頭，但你從來(lái)沒(méi)有寫(xiě)完過(guò)。”
她說(shuō)得對(duì)。我把東西都寫(xiě)在小筆記本上——我的床下有很多筆記本——但這些書(shū)都沒(méi)有寫(xiě)完。
有時(shí)候我不干活兒。有時(shí)候我坐上一整天，拿著一張白紙和一支鋼筆，沒(méi)寫(xiě)上一個(gè)字。有時(shí)候我整個(gè)上午睡覺(jué)，然后起床，接著整個(gè)下午看電視。