The writer's only responsibility is to his art.

作家唯一的责任就是对他的艺术负责。

You have to believe in the reality of the world and the reality of the people in it.

你必须相信世界的真实性和其中人们的真实性。

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

不要仅仅满足于比同辈或前人优秀，努力超越自己。

The best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.

最好的小说比任何新闻报道都真实得多。

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

移山之人，始于搬运小石。

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.

我从来不知道自己对某件事的看法，除非我读了自己写下的东西。

The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.

唯一值得写的就是人类内心与自我的冲突。

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

我们必须自由，不是因为我们宣称自由，而是因为我们践行自由。

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

除非有勇气远离海岸，否则你永远游不到新的地平线。

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

过去从未消逝，它甚至还未过去。