I don’t compete with anybody but myself. When you compete with other people, you limit yourself.
我只和自己竞争。当你与别人竞争时,反而限制了自己。
音乐就是我的武器,我的舞臺就是我的战场。
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.