Greg Stillson (like most villains) was easier and a lot more fun.

格莱戈·斯蒂尔森(跟许多反面角色一样），更容易写，写起来也更好玩。

Sometimes villains feel self-doubt (as Greg Stillson does) ; sometimes they feel pity (as Annie Wilkes does) .

有的时候恶人也会对自己产生怀疑（比如格莱戈·斯蒂尔森），有时他们也会生出怜悯之情（比如安妮·威尔克斯）。

Here, several years before he runs for the U.S.House of Representatives in New Hampshire, Stillson is a young travelling salesman hawking Bibles to midwest country folk.

于是我写到斯蒂尔森在新罕布什尔州竞选众议院议员之前几年，他还是个年轻的旅行推销员，向中西部那些乡下人叫卖《圣经》。

Same thing with Stillson, only backwards: I wanted him to be authentically nasty and really scare the reader, not just because Stillson is always boiling with potential violence but because he is so goddam persuasive.

斯蒂尔森也是同理，反过来就行：我想把他写成个坏到骨子里的家伙，让读者看得不寒而栗，不仅因为斯蒂尔森总是处在暴力大爆发的边缘状态，更是因为这家伙实在太有煽动性。

I also pointed out what might have been a little less obvious—it was important to establish, right up front, that Gregory Ammas Stillson was an extremely dangerous man, and very good at camouflage.

同样我也指出了没那么显而易见的一点——我必须从一开始就让读者明确认识到格里高利·阿玛斯·斯蒂尔森是个极为危险的人物，而且善于伪装。

I wrote back to these folks, pointing out the usual things: (a) Greg Stillson wasn't real; (b) the dog wasn't real; (c) I myself had never in my life put the boot to one of my pets, or anyone else's.

我给这些人回信，老生常谈以下几点：（1)格莱戈·斯蒂尔森是虚构的；（2)那只狗也是虚构的；（3)我本人平生不曾穿靴抬脚踢过任何一只自家的宠物，别人家的也没有。