许多评论家喜欢用“天才”这个字眼来赞美伟大的作家,其实他们并不懂得什么是天才。不妨听听那些常常被称为“天才”的伟大作家是怎样谈天才的。德国诗人歌德:“天才所要求的最先和最后的东西都是对真理的热爱。”俄国作家列·托尔斯泰认为:“天才的十分之一是灵感,十分之九是血汗。” Many commentators like to use the term “genius” to compliment great writers, but in fact they do not understand what is genius. You might as well hear about geniuses, the great writers often referred to as “geniuses.” German poet Goethe: “The first and last thing the genius requires is a love of truth.” According to the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy: “One-tenth of the genius is inspiration and nine-tenths is blood and sweat. ”