To be a writer is to be a perpetual student of life.
成为一名作家就是成为生活的永久学生。
The novel is the great modern epic because it can contain everything: poetry, history, philosophy, politics.
小说是伟大的现代史诗，因为它可以容纳一切：诗歌、历史、哲学、政治。
语言是存在的家园。
The only way to understand history is to live it.
理解历史的唯一方式就是活在其中。
Mexico is a country that is always in the process of becoming, never quite arriving.
墨西哥是一个始终处于形成过程中的国家，从未真正到达终点。
We are all born with a certain inheritance of time, and we must learn to spend it wisely.
我们生来都继承了一定的时间，我们必须学会明智地使用它。
The past is not dead; it is not even past.
Every reader is a potential writer, and every writer is a reader in revolt.
每个读者都是潜在的作家，每个作家都是反抗的读者。
To be modern is to be in constant dialogue with tradition.
语言是存在的家园。