Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos… to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.

  • -- John Cheever 约翰·契佛

小说是艺术,艺术是对混乱的胜利……庆祝一个世界,它就像一个令人困惑和巨大的梦想,在我们周围展开。

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Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.

由于缺乏独到的学识,没有形成良好的思维习惯,对写作艺术一窍不通,我决定写一本书。

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

一个渴望读书的人与一个疲惫的人之间有很大的区别。

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite.

在欧洲,从事艺术的人被认为是知识界的一部分;他们被认为是精英的一部分。

We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit.

我们用几乎必要的自负来衡量一切。