The novel is the art of making the impossible believable.
小說是讓不可能變得可信的藝術(shù)。
Literature is the voice of those who have no voice.
文學(xué)是那些沒有聲音的人的聲音。
A great novel is a world unto itself, with its own laws and logic.
偉大的小說是一個自成一體的世界,有自己的法則和邏輯。
The writer must be a defender of the individual against the collective.
作家必須是個人對抗集體的捍衛(wèi)者。
The novel is the most ambitious attempt to capture the totality of life.
小說是捕捉生命整體性的最雄心勃勃的嘗試。
Literature is the antidote to dogma.
文學(xué)是教條的解藥。
The best stories are those that cannot be summarized.
最好的故事是無法被概括的故事。
A novel is not written to give answers but to ask the right questions.
小說的寫作不是為了給出答案,而是為了提出正確的問題。
The writer’s loyalty must be to literature, not to ideology.
作家的忠誠必須獻(xiàn)給文學(xué),而不是意識形態(tài)。
The novel is the great lie that reveals the great truths.
小說是揭示偉大真理的偉大謊言。