My problem is that the audience is more fiction-literate than ever. In Shakespeare's day, you probably expected to see a play once or twice in your life; today you experience four or five different kinds of fiction every day. So staying ahead of the audience is impossible.

我的问题是，观众比以往任何时候都更懂小说。在莎士比亚的时代，你可能希望一生中看一两次戏剧;今天，你每天都会经历四五种不同的小说。所以要想在观众面前保持领先是不可能的。