There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.

小说家写作的原因有很多，但他们都有一个共同点——创造另一个世界的需要。

-- John Fowles 约翰·福尔斯