A novel is a conversation between the writer and the reader, across time.
释义：世间不存在永远轻松顺遂的处境，也没有无法逾越的艰难困境。人生在世，自始至终都有令人快乐的事，也总有让人忧虑的事。要用平和、辩证的心态看待生活，不因一时的困难而气馁，也不因一时的安逸而懈怠。
The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.