We feel free when we escape – even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.

我相信最重要的一件事，超越纪律和创造力，就是敢于冒险。

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.

你必须愿意承担风险。如果你不愿意，你就赚不到钱。