The only way to be free is to constantly challenge authority and convention.
获得自由的唯一途径是不断挑战权威和传统。
The writer's duty is to write with rigor, with honesty, and to never accept compromises.
作家的职责是严谨、诚实地写作，永不妥协。
Writing is a way of living life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.
写作是一种活两次的方式，既活在当下又活在回忆中。
A good novel tells us the truth about its protagonist; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
一部好小说告诉我们关于主角的真相；而一部坏小说告诉我们关于作者的真相。
The novel is an act of rebellion against reality, an attempt to reshape the world according to one's desires.
小说是对现实的反抗行为，是按照个人欲望重塑世界的尝试。
Writers are the engineers of the soul.
Literature is a form of permanent insurrection.
文学是一种永久的反抗形式。
The duty of literature is to disturb, to question, to undermine certainties.
文学的职责是扰乱、质疑、动摇确定性。
Writing is an act of rebellion against reality.
Literature is the best weapon against intolerance and fanaticism.
The novel is the most complete, most complex, and most profound expression of human reality that exists.