作家必须是一个永远的外来者，所有正统观念的批评者。
The novel is the art of making the impossible believable.
小说是让不可能变得可信的艺术。
Literature is the voice of those who have no voice.
文学是那些没有声音的人的声音。
A great novel is a world unto itself, with its own laws and logic.
伟大的小说是一个自成一体的世界，有自己的法则和逻辑。
The writer must be a defender of the individual against the collective.
The novel is the most ambitious attempt to capture the totality of life.
小说是捕捉生命整体性的最雄心勃勃的尝试。
Literature is the antidote to dogma.
The best stories are those that cannot be summarized.
最好的故事是无法被概括的故事。
A novel is not written to give answers but to ask the right questions.
小说的写作不是为了给出答案，而是为了提出正确的问题。
The writer’s loyalty must be to literature, not to ideology.
作家的忠诚必须献给文学，而不是意识形态。
The novel is the great lie that reveals the great truths.