小说是一种永远处于危机中、濒临消失边缘的艺术形式,而这正是它保持生命力的原因。
We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.