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.
"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is."
尽管困难，但约束自己去做你知道是正确和重要的事情，是通往自豪、自尊和个人满足的大道。
没有什么比那灰色的歌更珍贵，其中模糊与精确结合。
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
