没有艺术；没有文学；没有社会；最糟糕的是，持续不断的恐惧和暴力死亡的威胁；人的生活孤独、贫困、肮脏、野蛮而短暂。

Nothing down there is what they say.

作家的任务是使熟悉的事物变得陌生，使陌生的事物变得熟悉。

In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?

解析：迷悟、凡圣，只在一念之间。