The stories we tell about ourselves are as important as the lives we lead.
The man who has no inner life is the slave to his surroundings.
我不知道我想要什么。我反复无常、不坚定、被动;我喜欢不确定、无边界;我喜欢持续的不确定性。
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.
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