没有自由就没有创造，没有创造就没有真正的生活。
The novel is a totalizing form; it tries to encompass all of human experience.
小说是一种总体化的形式；它试图涵盖人类的全部经验。
The best literature is always subversive, unsettling what is established, questioning authority.
最好的文学总是颠覆性的，动摇既定秩序，质疑权威。
A good novel tells us the truth about its characters; a great novel tells us the truth about ourselves.
好的小说告诉我们角色的真相；伟大的小说告诉我们自己的真相。
Dictatorships breed fear, fear breeds silence, silence breeds oppression.
独裁滋生恐惧，恐惧滋生沉默，沉默滋生压迫。
Writing is a way of living life more intensely, of giving it more meaning.
写作是一种更强烈地体验生活、赋予生活更多意义的方式。
A novel is not just a story; it is a constructed object, an artifice that must be as perfect as possible.
小说不仅仅是一个故事；它是一个建构的物体，一种必须尽可能完美的艺术技巧。
The writer’s job is to write with rigor, with honesty, to the very end of his strength.
作家的职责是严谨而诚实地写作，直到竭尽全力。
Literature is a false representation of life that nevertheless helps us to understand life better, to orient ourselves in the labyrinth where we are born, pass, and die.
文学是对生活的虚假再现，但它帮助我们更好地理解生活，指引我们在出生、经过和死亡的迷宫中找到方向。
The novel is an artifact that, like a bomb, can explode in the reader's consciousness.
小说就像炸弹一样，可以在读者的意识中爆炸。
Literature is the best weapon against intolerance and fanaticism.