The self is not so much a substance as a process, and it is the continual task of education to change the process, to develop its activities, and to guide it into channels of efficiency.

我写作是为了给无声者以声音。

解读：抽象群体易被理想化，而身边真实个体有缺点、会犯错，呼吁把关爱落到实处，关心身边亲朋，而非空谈大爱，忽略眼前人的需求。

The best solutions often come from listening—to the ocean, to the fish, and to the communities that depend on them.

"The writer is a man who is always trying to find the right balance between form and content, between style and substance, between art and life."