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。
The novel is the great modern epic because it can contain everything: poetry, history, philosophy, politics.
I have never been able to write a happy play. I can't. I can write a funny play, but I can't write a happy play.
Writing is a way of preserving the ephemeral.