现实主义不是复制自然,而是理解其本质。
"Realism is not about copying nature, but understanding its essence."
言论自由是自由的重要堡垒;它们共同繁荣和共同消亡。
"A good story should make you laugh and cry in equal measure."
这两者中间有着绝对的关联,一个告诉人们他们无所不能的社会,和缺乏自信有着绝对的关联。另一件好事也会带来坏影响的例子,还有一些其它原因造成我们对事业,对我们在世上的地位感到前所未有的焦虑,再一次地,它也和好的概念有关,这个好概念叫做“功绩主义”。
"In the end, we are all just stories, told and retold, until they become someone else's truth."
What literature needs most to tell and investigate today are humanity's basic fears: the fear of being left outside, and the fear of counting for nothing, and the feelings of worthlessness that come with such fears.