A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end.
一个非小说作家在他或她面前有一个人物的形状，并不断完善它。一部非小说作品并不像小说作品那么难写，但它最终并没有那么令人满意。
A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.
一个不写作的作家是一个追求疯狂的怪物。
A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.
一个能看见的鼻子抵得上两个能嗅的鼻子。
A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.
一种怀旧的渴望，它本身比人们所向往的东西更令人愉快。
A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.
一部小说抓住了任何其他形式都不可能抓住的精髓。
A novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed.
小说是一种转换体验。我们从改变中走出来。
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
小说是一面沿着大街的镜子。
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.
小说是一面在大街上行走的镜子。
A novel is an impression, not an argument.
小说是一种印象，而不是一种论点。
A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.
一部小说在一些真实的印象和许多虚假的印象之间取得平衡，而这些印象构成了我们所说的生活的大部分。
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
一部小说只不过是一种哲学的形象。
A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt.
在处理自我怀疑方面，小说往往是一个较长的过程。
A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their motives.
小说使我们不仅能够理解事件，而且能够理解控制事件的人;不仅是他们的选择，还有他们的动机。
A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions.
一部小说指出，世界完全由例外组成。
A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.
新颖的草稿就像生面团;你得把它打烂才能让它上升。