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.

  • -- J. G. Ballard 巴拉德

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。

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When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

当一件事被说成不值得反驳时,你可以肯定它要么是极其愚蠢的(在这种情况下,所有的评论都是多余的),要么就是某种可怕的东西,问题的关键所在。

I believe that the moment is near when by a procedure of active paranoiac thought, it will be possible to systematize confusion and contribute to the total discrediting of the world of reality.

我相信,通过积极的偏执狂思维程序,将有可能使混乱系统化,并使现实世界完全蒙羞的时刻即将来临。

Unlike fiction, which you create before you go into production, with reality you kind of create it after everything is produced. The drama and the storytelling is really done in post.

与小说不同的是,小说是你在投入生产之前创作的,而现实是你在所有东西都生产出来之后创作的。戏剧和故事都是后期完成的。

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

梦想变成了行动。从行动中再次萌生梦想;这种相互依赖产生了最高形式的生活。

Invent your world. Surround yourself with people, colours, sounds and work that nourish your soul.

创造你的世界。让你周围的人、颜色、声音和工作滋养你的灵魂。

Fiction can serve in a non-threatening way to open minds and, I hope, hearts to the Word of God.

小说可以以一种不具威胁性的方式打开人们的思想,我希望,打开人们对上帝话语的心灵。

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.

悲观主义者并不无聊。悲观主义者是正确的。悲观主义者是多余的。

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

预测未来最好的方法就是创造未来。