我写作是为了记住，为了保持那些否则会失去的东西。
I write to make sense of the world, to give it a shape, a form.
我写作是为了理解这个世界，给它一个形状，一个形式。
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
Memory is not just a personal matter; it is also a collective one.
I write to understand, to grasp the reality that escapes me.
Writing is a way of fighting against oblivion, against death.
写作是一种对抗遗忘、对抗死亡的方式。
I will not be able to write anything else. I have nothing more to say.
我将无法再写任何东西。我没有什么可说的了。
Writing is a way to confront the past.
写作是面对过去的一种方式。
Writing is a way to make sense of the world.
写作是理解世界的一种方式。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
过去是一个陌生的国度；他们在那里做事的方式不同。
Writing is a way to reclaim one's identity.
写作是重新获得自己身份的一种方式。