You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
你不必非得做个好人。你不必跪着走过一百英里的沙漠去忏悔。你只需要让你身体里柔软的动物去爱它所爱的。
我不问作家关于他们的工作习惯。我真的不在乎。乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨在某个地方说过,当作家们互相询问他们什么时候开始工作,什么时候结束,以及午餐花多长时间时,他们实际上是在试图找出,“他和我一样疯狂吗?”我不需要这个问题的答案。
The human being is a sun, and the senses are his planets.