I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.
登山不因为艰难险峻就停止攀登,那么最终必定能登上峻岭。
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.