小说是一个伟大的发现：远比伽利略的望远镜或别人的无线电报更伟大。
The novel is a great discovery: far greater than Galileo's telescope or somebody else's wireless.
The only way to get better is to keep doing it.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
小说是一面沿着大路行走的镜子。
我曾经走在街上就像个明星……我希望人们能痴迷于自己可以变得多么伟大。