世上所有的鸡蛋去碰石头,石头也会依然如故,不会被毁坏。
世界上充满了显而易见的事物,却没有人注意到它们。
The lab notebook is a scientist’s most honest companion.
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.