《小說機杼》經典語錄

Literature differs from life in that life is amorphously full of detail, and rarely directs us toward it, wheras literature teaches us to notice. Literature makes us better noticers of life. 文學與生活不同的地方在於，生活充滿了未定形的細節，很少引導我們去注意它們，而文學教會我們觀察。文學讓我們成爲更好的生活觀察者。