To write is to explore the boundaries of the self.
写作是探索自我边界的过程。
Architecture is a profession that takes on the public realm, and in that sense it has to deal with the political.
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is unlikely to look out.
写作这一职业使赛马看起来像是一项稳固、稳定的生意。