Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear.

-- Ellen Hopkins 艾伦·霍普金斯

非小说类作品与头脑对话。小说能打动人心。诗歌与灵魂对话。这是美的本质。痛苦的本质。它使人赏心悦目。

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The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

事实上，每个作家，不管是小说还是非小说，都在尝试写一些真正原创的东西，这就是我认为我在做的。

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I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop.

我喜欢模糊事实和虚构之间的界限，但又不愿屈尊于读者，让他们陷入某种后现代主义的牢笼。

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The essence is, what can we do next? And will it be good?

问题的实质是，我们下一步能做什么?会好吗?

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Crows are black the world over.

乌鸦在世界各地都是黑色的。

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