作家是一個(gè)對(duì)語(yǔ)言充滿熱愛(ài)的人。
The writer must be a traitor to all forms of tyranny, including the tyranny of the majority.
作家必須是所有形式暴政的叛徒,包括多數(shù)人的暴政。
The novel is the most democratic of art forms because it belongs to the reader as much as to the writer.
小說(shuō)是最民主的藝術(shù)形式,因?yàn)樗葘儆谧骷遥矊儆谧x者。
Literature is the art of giving form to the formless.
文學(xué)是賦予無(wú)形以形式的藝術(shù)。
A great novel is one that makes us see the world with new eyes.
偉大的小說(shuō)是讓我們用新的眼光看世界的小說(shuō)。
The writer must be a perpetual outsider, a critic of all power.
作家必須是一個(gè)永遠(yuǎn)的外來(lái)者,一個(gè)所有權(quán)力的批評(píng)者。
Literature is the most powerful form of empathy.
文學(xué)是最強(qiáng)大的共情形式。
The best stories are those that leave us with more questions than answers.
最好的故事是那些留給我們的問(wèn)題多于答案的故事。
The writer must be a defender of the individual against the tyranny of the collective.
作家必須是個(gè)人對(duì)抗集體暴政的捍衛(wèi)者。
The novel is the art of making the private public, the personal universal.
小說(shuō)是將私人公開(kāi)化、將個(gè)人普遍化的藝術(shù)。
Literature is the most beautiful form of disobedience.