"A novel is never finished; it is only abandoned."

一部小说永远不会完成；它只是被遗弃。

"Words are the bricks with which we build the houses of our imagination."

词语是我们用来建造想象之屋的砖块。

"The writer's duty is to disturb the peace, to unsettle the comfortable, and to comfort the unsettled."

作家的职责是扰乱平静，让安逸者不安，让不安者得到安慰。

"Every story is a lie that tells the truth."

每个故事都是一个讲述真相的谎言。

"Literature is the only place where truth can hide in plain sight."

文学是唯一能让真相在众目睽睽之下隐藏的地方。

"The characters in my novels are not just creations; they are fragments of my soul, scattered on the pages."

我小说中的人物不仅仅是创造物；他们是我灵魂的碎片，散落在书页上。

"To write is to resist—to resist forgetting, to resist silence, to resist oppression."

写作即抵抗——抵抗遗忘，抵抗沉默，抵抗压迫。

"In the silence of the night, the writer finds the loudest voices."

在夜晚的寂静中，作家找到了最响亮的声音。

"The novel is not just a story; it's a mirror held up to society, reflecting its beauty and its ugliness."

小说不仅仅是一个故事；它是一面举向社会的镜子，映照出它的美与丑。

"Writing is a journey into the unknown, where every word is a step into the abyss of the self."

写作是一段通往未知的旅程，每一个字都是踏入自我深渊的一步。