Here I paused in my fiction to shield my eyes and stanch the arrow-straight tracks clawed down my cheek.

飞箭在我脸上笔直地犁出了一条伤口，我停止了幻想,遮住眼睛，赶忙去止血。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So I'm actually writing my own fiction, and no, it's not easy. But you can actually learn from, if you read other writers.

我现在也正在写自己的小说，真的不容易。但是你可以从你以前阅读的作品中学到很多。

写作课程比较难 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It had been my accidental reading of fiction and literary criticism that had invoked in me vague glimpses of life's possibilities.

我偶尔会读小说和文学评述,这让我隐约地窥探到,生活的可能性，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Although I've been giving science fiction examples in which the mad scientist duplicates my memories and beliefs and desires,they've all been science fiction examples.

虽然科幻作品中能设定,疯狂科学家将我的记忆以及欲望复制,但都是科幻作品中的例子。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

For me, it has been my reading of fiction far removed from political considerations that evoked in me a sense of personal freedom or the possibilities of escaping the South.

在读小说时,我会将一切抛诸脑后,这种精神上的解放让我,对逃往南方。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选