痛苦
We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then.
Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.