I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.
我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家都想先写诗,发现自己做不到,然后尝试短篇小说,这是诗歌之后要求最高的形式。如果连这都失败了,他才会转向写小说。
应对恐惧的唯一方法就是直面它。
跳著舞的流水啊!当你途中的泥沙为你的歌声和流动哀求时,你可愿意担起他们跛足的重担?