A writer must be stubborn, must have a vocation of sacrifice, and must accept that literature is a very cruel mistress.
作家必須固執(zhí),必須有犧牲的使命,必須接受文學(xué)是一個(gè)非常殘酷的情人。
The most important thing in literature is not the story, but how the story is told.
文學(xué)中最重要的不是故事,而是故事如何被講述。
Fiction is a lie that tells the truth.
小說是講述真相的謊言。
A good novel tells us the truth about its characters; a great novel tells us the truth about ourselves.
To write is to resist.
寫作就是抵抗。
The worst enemy of literature is good taste.
文學(xué)最大的敵人是良好的品味。
Democracy is not just voting, it's a way of life based on the respect of diversity and tolerance.
民主不僅僅是投票,它是一種基于尊重多樣性和寬容的生活方式。
The novel is an art form that is always in crisis, always on the verge of disappearing, and that's what keeps it alive.
小說是一種永遠(yuǎn)處于危機(jī)中、瀕臨消失邊緣的藝術(shù)形式,而這正是它保持生命力的原因。
Writing is a way of living life more intensely.
寫作是一種更強(qiáng)烈地體驗(yàn)生活的方式。
Literature is a false representation of life that helps us to understand life better.
文學(xué)是對(duì)生活的虛假再現(xiàn),幫助我們更好地理解生活。
A writer is a person who is passionately in love with language.