To be a writer is to have a certain kind of sensitivity to the world, to be able to see what others do not see, to hear what others do not hear.

唯独在这些孤独和沉思默想的时刻，我才是真正的我，才是和我的天性相符的我，我才既无忧烦又无羁束。

The writer must be a person who is willing to be alone.

I don't let anyone silence me.

谦逊是智慧的起点，骄傲是愚蠢的终点。