"I want my readers to feel that they are not alone."
我希望我的读者能感到他们并不孤单。
作家的职责是质疑、挑战并阐明生活的复杂性。
A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.
聪明是一种天赋，善良是一种选择。
He who wants to do good knocks at the gate;he who loves finds the gate open.
保持冷静，但要关心。