The trouble with fiction is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

小说的问题在于它太有意义了。现实从来没有意义。

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Real life is only ever just real life. Messy. What it means depends on how you look at it. The only thing you’ve got to do is find a way to live there.

真实的生活永远只是真实的生活。混乱。这意味着什么取决于你如何看待它。你唯一要做的就是想办法住在那里。

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

鉴于外部现实是虚构的,作者的角色几乎是多余的。他不需要虚构,因为小说已经存在了。

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

年轻作家的问题是他们都是六十多岁。

There are some people who have trouble recognizing a mess.

有些人很难辨认出一团乱。