The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.

  • -- Julian Barnes 朱利安·巴恩斯

作家必须具有普遍的同情心,是一个天生的弃儿,只有这样他才能看得清楚。

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The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

对于那些真正喜欢研究人的人来说,小说比其他任何一种文学形式都更有趣的原因在于,在小说中,作者可以真实地说出真相,而不会让自己蒙羞。

I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel.

我正在写触摸的续集,因为我想进一步探索我提出的中文问题。在续集中会有更多关于这方面的内容。