我们都有缺陷，那是光进入的地方。
"We are all broken, that's how the light gets in."
A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.
普通和非凡的区别在于那一点点额外的努力。
"In the act of writing, we confront our deepest fears and desires."
The act of painting is an act of transcendence.
"Die Poesie ist die Muttersprache des Menschengeschlechts."