A writer must be a witness to his or her time, must bear witness to the injustices and the sufferings of the world.
作家必须是他或她时代的见证者，必须见证世界的不公和苦难。
The poem is a way of seeing in the dark.
The past is always there, and it's always different every time you look at it.
我们感知的不是物体，而是它们的效用
我一点都不浪漫。我还不算太老。还是把浪漫留给比我老的人吧。