我尽力摆脱那些总是自信满满地回答他们并没有真正了解的问题的人。
The world is everything that is the case.
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.
才华和优雅如果掌握得有分寸，总在一个人的举止和谈吐中被人觉察到，但是无需炫示出来。正像不必把你的帽子、裙子和缎带一下都穿戴上，为的是让别人知道你拥有这些东西。