Writing is a way of reclaiming the past.
写作是重新找回过去的一种方式。
To write is to give voice to the voiceless.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
过去从未死去，它甚至不是过去。
Writing is a way of bearing witness.
写作是一种见证的方式。
I write to make sense of the world.
我写作是为了理解这个世界。
个人的就是政治的。
Writing is a way of keeping the past alive.
写作是让过去保持活力的一种方式。
I write to understand, to grasp, to seize the reality that escapes me.
我写作是为了理解、把握、抓住那些逃避我的现实。
The act of writing is an act of resistance.
写作的行为是一种抵抗的行为。
To write is to fight against oblivion.
写作是与遗忘作斗争。