Literature is fire, it signifies nonconformity and rebellion.
文學(xué)是火焰,它意味著不墨守成規(guī)和反抗。
A writer is a person who is not satisfied with the world as it is, who wants to change it, to improve it, to make it more beautiful, more just, more livable.
一個作家是一個對現(xiàn)實(shí)世界不滿意的人,他想要改變它,改善它,讓它變得更美麗,更公正,更宜居。
閱讀好的文學(xué)作品就像經(jīng)歷一場愛情:它改變你。
Reading good literature is like experiencing love: it changes you.
小說是唯一能夠完全呈現(xiàn)人類復(fù)雜性的藝術(shù)形式。
The novel is the only art form capable of fully representing human complexity.
真正的作家永遠(yuǎn)站在權(quán)力的對立面。
A true writer always stands in opposition to power.
一個沒有書籍的世界是一個沒有光明的世界。
A world without books is a world without light.
政治和文學(xué)都是改變現(xiàn)實(shí)的嘗試,只是方式不同。
Politics and literature are both attempts to change reality, just in different ways.
文學(xué)的價值在于它能夠讓我們體驗(yàn)他人的生活,從而更好地理解自己。
The value of literature lies in its ability to let us experience others' lives and thus better understand ourselves.
自由不是禮物,而是必須每天爭取的成就。
Freedom is not a gift but an achievement that must be won every day.
小說家的工作就是撒謊,但通過謊言揭示真相。
A novelist's job is to lie, but to reveal the truth through lies.