Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.

Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.

归根结底，文学不过是木工活。你们都在与现实打交道，一种和木头一样坚硬的材料。

-- Gabriel García Márquez 加布里埃尔·加克