Writing is an act of resistance against oblivion.
写作是对遗忘的一种抵抗。
For me they normally happen, these career crises, often, actually, on a Sunday evening, just as the sun is starting to set, and the gap between my hopes for myself and the reality of my life starts to diverge so painfully that I normally end up weeping into a pillow.
1985年2月的一次演讲时所说