我了解到，谋生和创造生活是不同的。
I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as making a 'life.'
To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone.
"The stories we love best do more than entertain us; they shape who we are."