To me there's no difference between a book of stories and a novel - they're just slightly different shapes.

  • -- Aleksandar Hemon 亚历山大·黑蒙

对我来说,一本故事书和一本小说没有什么区别——它们只是形状略有不同。

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I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.

我试图写一本好小说。无论是文学还是文学,都将由各个时代来决定,而不是由我,也不是由世界各地的一群评论家来决定。

I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a pool of water, and she could dive down into the center of the world.

我喜欢露露的小故事,她幻想着她的卧室地毯会变成一个水池,她可以潜入世界的中心。

My style is colloquial storytelling. It's the way we tell stories to one another - it's not writerly, it's not overdone.

我的风格是口语化的讲故事。这是我们互相讲故事的方式——不是写故事,也不是写得过火。

Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.

小说写作无疑是我所知道的最累人的工作。