I'm not here to be liked; I'm here to be heard.
我不是来被喜欢的,我是来被听见的。
On vacation go to the most remote place on your itinerary first, bypassing the cities. You‘ll maximize the shock of otherness in the remote, and then later you’ll welcome the familiar comforts of a city on the way back.
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.