写作是在时间上留下印记。

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.

"Escribir es dejar una parte de uno mismo en el papel, para que otros puedan encontrarla."

使自己成为一个对象，使自己被动，与成为一个被动的对象是非常不同的。