Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.

Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.

即使是最粗糙、最衍生的小说，也表达了作者对善与恶的希望、恐惧和想法。

-- Steven Saylor 史蒂文·赛勒