法国杰出的现实主义作家福楼拜是一位不知疲倦的“文字劳动者”。一天,短篇小说作家莫泊桑带着一篇新作去请教福楼拜。他看见福楼拜桌上放着厚厚一叠文稿,翻开一看,却见每页上都只写了一行,其余九行都是空白。莫泊桑不解地问:“先生,您这样写,不是太浪费稿纸了吗?”福楼拜笑了笑,说:“亲爱的,我早已养成了这种习惯,一张十行的稿纸上,只写 Flaubert, an outstanding French realist writer, is an indefatigable ”writing worker.“ One day, short story writer Maupassant brought a new book to consult Flaubert. He saw a thick pile of documents on the balcony of Flaubert. When he opened his eyes and saw that he wrote only one note on each page, the other nine lines were blank. Maupassant asked puzzled: ”Sir, you write, is not a waste of manuscript it? “ Flaubew smiled and said: ”my dear, I have already developed this habit, a ten lines of manuscript On, only write