We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends.
我不怕死，我怕的是不去尝试。
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.
【解释】浓烈、肥腻、辛辣的刺激不是本真滋味，平淡自然才是真实的生活；才智超凡的人，不是完美的人，真正的完人，看起来平凡无奇。
发怒如猛虎伤人，欲念似深渊难填。